Where does “stingan” come from?

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

stingan (Old English): to stab; to sting

Definitions

  1. to stab; to sting

Ancestry of “stingan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stingan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ste(n)gʰ- →