Where does stut come from?

It is traced to Proto-West Germanic.

stut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being."
"These stuts buckled."
"Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke; Her tonge was verye quycke, But she spake somwhat thycke: Her felow did stammer and stut"

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish stötta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

stuts (present, singular) stutting (participle, present) stutted (participle, past) stutted (past) steet (alternative) stutt (alternative) stuit (alternative) stoot (alternative) stout (alternative) stuts (plural)

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