stut

Meanings

Verb

• To support, prop up.
• To stutter.

Noun

• A support.

Origin

• Cognate with German stützen ("to support"), Dutch stutten ("to support"), Danish støtte ("to support"), Norwegian støtte ("to support"), Swedish støtta ("to support"), Icelandic styðja ("to support").
• From Middle English stutten ("to stammer, stop short"), from Old English *stuttan ("to stop short, stutter"), from Proto-Germanic *stutjaną ("to stammer, stop short"). Cognate with German stutzen ("to hesitate, stumble, stop short").