Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “stutzen” come from?

stutzen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German untarstuzzen, from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan.

stutzen (Middle High German): to butt, shock, stall; to scare away

Definitions

  1. to butt, shock, stall; to scare away

Ancestry of “stutzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanuntarstuzzen—
2Proto-Germanic*stuttijan—

Words derived from “stutzen”

  • stuzzicamento
  • stuzzicare
  • штуцер
  • stutzen
  • Stutzer
  • Stutzuhr
  • štucer
  • štuc
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan →