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Where does “stutten” come from?

stutten (Middle English) comes from Old English stuttan, from Proto-Germanic stutjaną — to stammer, stop short.

stutten (Middle English): stutter; to stammer, stop short

Definitions

  1. stutter; to stammer, stop short

Ancestry of “stutten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstuttanto stop short, stutter
2Proto-Germanicstutjanąto stammer, stop short

Words derived from “stutten”

  • stuttering
  • stutter
  • stutterer
  • stut
  • stutteringly
  • nonstuttering
  • stuttery
  • unstuttering
  • pseudostuttering
  • pseudostutter
  • nonstutterer
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