Where does “stock” come from?

stock (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish stokker, from Old Norse stokkr, from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

stock (Swedish): a log; a stock; a pack of snus, usually ten,...

Definitions

  1. a log; a stock; a pack of snus, usually ten,...

Ancestry of “stock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishstokkertree trunk; log
2Old Norsestokkrtree-trunk
3Proto-Germanicstukkazstick; beam; post; stump
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stock

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