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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”

  • sting
  • stinging
  • stingy
  • stinginess
  • stinger
  • stingray
  • stingless
  • stingingly
  • stingeth
  • stingily
  • stingo
  • stinge
  • stingfish
  • unsting
  • stingerless
  • stingest
  • stingbull
  • countersting
  • stingable
  • stingproof
  • unstingy
  • styngyng
  • stingen
  • stynge
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