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English word stop comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teub-

*(s)teub- (Proto-Indo-European)

to push, hit; stick, stump

*stuppô (Proto-Germanic)

stoppa (Old English)

stoppe (Middle English)

stop (English)

(UK, _, dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.

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