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Where does “stingen” come from?

stingen (Middle English) comes from Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic stinganą, from Proto-Indo-European ste(n)gʰ- — to stick.

stingen (Middle English): To impale or gore with a piercing instrument; To...

Definitions

  1. To impale or gore with a piercing instrument; To...

Ancestry of “stingen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstinganto stab; to sting
2Proto-Germanicstinganąto stick out; protrude; to sting
3Proto-Indo-Europeanste(n)gʰ-to stick

Words derived from “stingen”

  • sting
  • stinging
  • stingy
  • stinginess
  • stinger
  • stingray
  • stingless
  • stingingly
  • stingeth
  • stingily
  • stingo
  • stinge
  • stingfish
  • unsting
  • stingerless
  • stingest
  • stingbull
  • countersting
  • stingable
  • stingproof
  • unstingy
  • styngyng
  • stynge
  • sting
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