Etymograph

English

stoss

Stoss comes from German stossen ‘to push’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-‘to push, to hit’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentstossen‘to push’
  3. Englishtodaystoss

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-‘to push, to hit’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentstossen‘to push’
  3. Englishtodaystoss

The story

Further from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (extended from *(s)tew-).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- ‘to push, to hit’

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Today it means

adj Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- / stoss

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