
English word stuff comes from Proto-Indo-European *stHb-, Malayalam stuppo, Frankish *stopfôn, and later Old High German stoffon (To stop, halt. To stuff, insert.)
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*stHb- (Proto-Indo-European)
stuppo (Malayalam)
*stopfôn (Frankish)
*stuppijaną (Proto-Germanic)
*stoppon (Frankish)
*stoffōn (Old High German)
stoffon (Old High German)
To stop, halt. To stuff, insert.
estoffer (Old French)
To decorate, garnish.
stuffen (Middle English)
stuff (English)
(pronominal, idiomatic) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.. (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.. (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.. (transitive) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.. [...]