Where does “stautan” come from?

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

stautan (Proto-West Germanic): to knock, to bump

Definitions

  1. to knock, to bump

Ancestry of “stautan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stautan”

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