Where does “stoc” come from?

stoc (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Ancestry of “stoc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstukkazstick; beam; post; stump
2Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stoc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stukkaz →
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