Etymology

stoss

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Today it means: Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée. Full definition →

German stoss- ← Proto-Germanic *stautaną ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)tewd-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stautaną
  3. German · borrowed fromstoss-
  4. English todaystoss

Borrowed from German stoss-, from stossen (“to push”). Further from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (extended from *(s)tew-).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*stautaną all →

stot

Proto-Indo-European*(s)tewd- all →

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