English
hitstun
From hit + stun.
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti
Proto-Germanic *hittijaną ‘to encounter’
Old Norse hitta ‘to hit upon, meet’
Old English hyttan
Middle English hitten ‘to strike’
English hit
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti
Proto-Germanic *hittijaną ‘to encounter’
Old Norse hitta ‘to hit upon, meet’
Old English hyttan
Middle English hitten ‘to strike’
English hit
English stun
Today it means
noun A brief state after being hit by an attack during which a character is unable to move ("stunned").
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hitstun