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stod

Pronunciation: /stoːd/

“stod” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. enclosure for breeding horses
  2. stud (horse used for breeding)
  3. a group of studs

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stōdą, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand, set”). Cognate with Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”) (German Stute (“mare”)), Old Norse stóð (Swedish sto (“mare”)). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian shtazë (“animal, beast”) and Old Church Slavonic стадо (stado, “herd”).

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