Where does “stincan” come from?

stincan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- — to push.

Ancestry of “stincan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstinkwanąto hit; thrust; clash; to emit a smell; stink
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstengʷ-to push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stinkwaną →