Stock

German (Berlin)

/ʃtɔk/

noun
Definitions
  • stick, staff, broken-off twig
  • floor, storey (UK), story (US), level
  • stock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
  • (card games) pile of undealt cards, deck
  • the entirety of roots of a plant; stock
  • (short for l) hive; beehive

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German stoc inherited from Old High German stoc inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (tree-trunk, stump, stock).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*stukkaz

Gloss

tree-trunk, stump, stock

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