Wordwyrt

linstock

Meaningmatch-stick

Common meaning: a staff holding a gunner's lit match

Journey through time

  1. Dutchlontstok‘a match-stick’source
  2. Early English spellingLint-stocksource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa match-stick → a staff holding a gunner's lit matchlinstock‘a staff holding a gunner's lit match’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Dutch lontstok ‘match-stick’.

Roots

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