English
stook
Stook comes from Middle English stouke ‘a stook or shock’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stoukeas stowk‘a stook or shock’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866stook
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stoukeas stowk‘a stook or shock’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866stook
Earliest quotation: 1866, Temple Bar: “Loud was the laughter at this and other remarks…”
The story
The modern vocalism is of Northern dialectal origin (for expected stuck; compare duck, puck, and suck).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- ‘to pound, push, beat’
Today it means
noun A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English stouke / stook