stochen

Meaning

to stoke, stir (fire)

Concepts

stoke

foment

fuel

kindle

Synonyms

schüren

Translations

tisonner

stoken

atiar

atiçar

atizar

attizzare

tiser

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃtɔxən/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: stoken

Cognate with English: stoke

Cognate with Luxembourgish: stachen

Inherited from Middle High German:

In summary

Attested since the 16th century. In the 15th already the derivative Stogker (“stoker”). This gk-spelling as well the late attestations suggest an adapted borrowing from Middle Low German stōken, from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, whence Dutch stoken, English stoke. However, Central Franconian dialects show descendants of this which appear to be native (compare Luxembourgish stachen), so it is also possible that the verb was inherited in northern Central German through Middle High German *stochen and later reinforced by Low German. The simplex did not establish itself in written German, but the frequentative stochern (“to poke”) did.