stint

stint · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stintaną“to make short”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stuntijaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stuntijan
4. Old English · inherited fromstyntan“to make blunt”
5. Middle English · inherited fromstinten
6. English todaystint

From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

stint · noun²

Origin unknown.

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