Etymograph

English

stud

Stud comes from Proto-Germanic *stōdą ‘a herd of horses’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand, set’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘stand, set’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stéh₂dʰh₁-om‘herd’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stōdą‘a herd of horses’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stōdreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150stōd
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stood
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1673stud

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘stand, set’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stéh₂dʰh₁-om‘herd’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stōdą‘a herd of horses’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stōdreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150stōd
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stood
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1673stud

Earliest quotation: 1673, Sir William Temple: “In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand, set’

state, system, post, stay, rest, stand, distance, assistant, assistance, stadium, instance, consistent, contest, establishment, establish, stable, constitution, assist, stability, instant, destination, substance, testimony, destiny, distant, resist, stem, static, insist, persistent, consist, stationary, prostitution, persist, extant, prostitute, stool, stamina, stale, substitution, 157 more

through Old English stōd

stood

Another origin of stud

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stew-‘firm’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stut-‘prop, support’uncertain
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stuþs‘support, prop, post’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stuþ‘pillar’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150studu‘pillar’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stude
  7. Englishtodaystud

Today it means

noun A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / stud

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