Etymograph

English

stook

Stook comes from Middle English stouke ‘a stook or shock’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stouke1as stowk‘a stook or shock’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1866stook1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English stook
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1866, Temple Bar: “Loud was the laughter at this and other remarks…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500stoukeWiktionary, English stookas stowk‘a stook or shock’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1866stookWiktionary, English stook. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1866, Temple Bar: “Loud was the laughter at this and other remarks…”

The story

The modern vocalism is of Northern dialectal origin (for expected stuck; compare duck, puck, and suck).

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- ‘to pound, push, beat’

stoke, stucco, 1 more

Today it means

noun A pile or bundle, especially of straw.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stook”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Middle English stouke / stook

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