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English word origin

Etymology of stot

From Middle English stot, from Old English stott (“a hack, jade, or worthless horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt, of uncertain origin; yet, probably related to Old Norse stútr (“young bull, steer”) (whence

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

An inferior horse. · An ox or bull. · A heifer.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English stot, from Old English stott (“a hack, jade, or worthless horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt, of uncertain origin; yet, probably related to Old Norse stútr (“young bull, steer”) (whence Danish stud (“a castrated bull, steer”), Swedish stut (“a steer”)). Compare also English stoat.

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  • Inherited-form mentionstotenm
  • Inherited-form mentionstottang · a hack, jade, or worthless horse
  • Inherited-form mention*stottgmw-pro
  • Cognate mentionstútrnon · young bull, steer
  • Cognate mentionstudda · a castrated bull, steer
  • Cognate mentionstutsv · a steer
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To bounce, rebound or ricochet. · To make bounce, rebound or ricochet. · To stumble. · To leap using all four legs at once.

noun

A bounce or rebound. · A leap using all four legs at once.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan; as well, modern English stutter.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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