stot

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A bounce or rebound.
2. A leap using all four legs at once.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive) To stumble.
4. (intransitive) To leap using all four legs at once.
5. (obsolete) To strike, push, shove.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɒt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à moyen anglais: steten

Appartenant à vieux norrois: stauta

Appartenant à danois: støde

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽

Appartenant à Old Saxon: stotan

In summary

Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan.