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.

stoupen (Middle English): To bend over; to stoop or hunch

Definitions

  1. To bend over; to stoop or hunch

Ancestry of “stoupen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstūpianto stoop, bend the back, slope; to bow, bend
2Proto-West Germanic*stūpōn—
3Proto-Germanicstūpōną—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewb-to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stoupen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stūpōną →