stook

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)tewg-“to pound, push, beat”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stūkaną“to be stiff, push”
3. Old Saxon · derived from*stūkan
4. Middle Low German · derived fromstûken“to push, bump, compress”
5. Middle Low German · derived fromstûke“bundle of grain”
6. Middle English · inherited fromstowk
7. English todaystook

From Middle English stowk, stouke, stouc, from or cognate with Middle Low German stûke (“bundle of grain”), from Middle Low German stûken (“to push, bump, compress”), from Old Saxon *stūkan, from Proto-Germanic *stūkaną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to pound, push, beat”). The modern vocalism is of Northern dialectal origin (for expected stuck; compare duck, puck, and suck). Cognate with West Frisian stûkje (“to pile up, stop”), Dutch stuiken (“to bundle, stamp”), German stauchen (“to compress”), Swedish stuka (“to rick, wrench, upset”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to whack, chop”).

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