stock

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a log (trunk of a dead tree)
  • a stock (of a gun)
  • a pack of snus, usually ten, wrapped in plastic film or packed in a light cardboard box

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish stokker (log, tree trunk) inherited from Old Norse stokkr (tree-trunk) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (tree-trunk, stump, stock).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*stukkaz

Gloss

tree-trunk, stump, stock

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