Etymology

stud

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Today it means: A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding. Full definition →

Middle English stood ← Old English stōd ← Proto-West Germanic *stōd
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stud · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stōdą
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stōd
  3. Old English · inherited fromstōd
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstood
  5. English todaystud

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð. The phonetic development is the same as in blood, flood, which unlike stud were not adapted orthographically.

stud · noun, verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stuþs
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stuþ
  3. Old English · inherited fromstudu
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstude
  5. English todaystud

Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstōd all →

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