stocc

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Akin to Old High German stoc (German Stock), Old Norse stokkr (“tree-trunk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stokk/, [stok]

Noun

stocc m

  1. log
  2. stump
  3. stake, post
  4. a post to which a person may be tied, stocks
  5. trumpet, wooden trumpet

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stocc stoccas
accusative stocc stoccas
genitive stocces stocca
dative stocce stoccum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: stok, stokke, stoka, stoc, stocke, stook (hapax legomenon)
    • English: stock
    • Yola: stouck, stouk
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