Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch. · To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals. · Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey. · To cause to incline downward; to slant.
A stooping, bent position of the body. · An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”).
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- Inherited-form mentionstoupenenm
- Inherited-form mentionstūpianang · to bow, bend
- Inherited-form mention*stūpōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*stūpōnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*(s)tewb-ine-pro · to push, butt, knock
- Cognate mentionstuipennl · to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward
- Cognate mentionstúpanon · to stoop
- Cognate mentionstēpaofs · to help
- Cognate mentionsteypanon · to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow
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