Where does “stōtan” come from?

stōtan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic stautan, from Proto-Germanic stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd-, from Proto-Indo-European stew- — to praise, laud.

stōtan (Old Saxon): to shock

Definitions

  1. to shock

Ancestry of “stōtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstautanto knock, to bump
2Proto-Germanicstautanąto push, to bump, to jolt
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud

Words derived from “stōtan”

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