Etymograph

English

stunlock

From stun + lock.

A compound of stun + lock

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką ‘lock’

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter, lock’

Old English loc ‘lock’

Middle English lok ‘lock’

English lock

Today it means

verb To render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state.

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