Where does “stunt” come from?

stunt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *stunt, from Proto-Germanic stuntaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd-, from Proto-Indo-European stew- — to praise, laud.

stunt (Old English): stupid, foolish; idiot, fool

Definitions

  1. stupid, foolish; idiot, fool

Ancestry of “stunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*stunt—
2Proto-Germanicstuntazshort; stunted; stupid; dumb
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud

Words derived from “stunt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stuntaz →