Where does “штос” come from?

штос (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Stoß, from Old High German stoz.

штос (Serbo-Croatian): stack, pile; hit, punch; pun, prank

Definitions

  1. stack, pile; hit, punch; pun, prank

Ancestry of “штос”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStoßpush; the rectrices
2Old High Germanstoz
Every word from Old High German stoz