Where does “stoken” come from?
stoken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch stokon, from Proto-Germanic stukōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
Ancestry of “stoken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “stoken”