stoke

stoke · verb, noun¹

1. Old French · derived fromestoquer
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)tewg-“to push, beat”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stukōną“to be stiff, push”
4. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*stokōn
5. Old Saxon · derived from*stokon
6. Old Dutch · derived from*stokon
7. Middle Low German · derived fromstoken“to poke, thrust”
8. Middle Dutch · derived fromstoken“to poke, thrust”
9. Middle English · inherited fromstoken
10. English todaystoke

From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.

stoke · verb²

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromstoken“to poke, thrust”
2. Dutch · derived fromstoker
3. English todaystoke

From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from Dutch stoker, from stoken (“to kindle a fire, incite, instigate”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from stock (“stick, stock”), see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.

Stoke · proper noun³

1. Old English · derived fromstoc“place”
2. English todayStoke

From Old English stoc (“place”).

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