Where does “stoupen” come from?
stoupen (Middle English) comes from Old English stūpian, from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic stūpōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
Ancestry of “stoupen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | stūpian | to stoop, bend the back, slope; to bow, bend |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *stūpōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stūpōną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |