Etymology

stocky

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Today it means: Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact. Full definition →

English stock ← Middle English stok ← Old English stocc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*stikaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  5. Old Englishstocc
  6. Middle Englishstok
  7. Englishstock
  8. English todaystocky

From stock + -y.

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