unstinting

The story

1. Old Norse · derived from*stynta
2. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*(s)tewd-“to hit; to push”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stintaną“to make short”
4. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stuntijaną“to make dull; to shorten”
5. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*stuntijan“to make dull; to shorten”
6. Old English · inherited fromstyntan“to make blunt”
7. Middle English · inherited fromstinten
8. English todayunstinting

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + stint (“to be mean or sparing”) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs), or un- + stinting (“mean, sparing”). Stint is derived from Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to assuage; to make dull; to stint”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan (“to make dull; to shorten”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną (“to make dull; to shorten”) and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to hit; to push”), probably influenced by Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

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