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Where does “stūkan” come from?

stūkan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic stūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Ancestry of “stūkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstūkanąto be stiff, push
2Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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