stotter
English
Alternative forms
- stowter, stauter, stawter
Etymology
From Middle English stoteren (compare also participle Middle English staterand (“staggering; tottering; stumbling”)), a frequentative form of Middle English stoten (“to stumble”), related to Dutch stoten (“to push; bump; butt; stumble against”), German stoßen (“to push; butt; knock; bump”), Icelandic stauta (“to struggle through; pound; grind”), equivalent to stut + -er (frequentative suffix).
Verb
stotter (third-person singular simple present stotters, present participle stottering, simple past and past participle stottered)
- (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To stagger; totter; stumble
Dutch
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