English

toolstock

From tool + stock.

A compound of tool + stock

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to tie to, secure’

Proto-Germanic *tōlą ‘tool’

Old English tōl ‘tool’

Middle English tool ‘a tool’

English tool

Proto-Germanic *stukkaz ‘tree-trunk’

Proto-West Germanic *stokk

Old English stocc ‘log, trunk’

Middle English stok ‘tree trunk’

English stock

Today it means

noun The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.

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

Etymograph / toolstock