An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/stoßen
stoßen, vb., ‘to push, thrust,’ from the e MidHG. stôȥen, OHG. stôȥan, str. vb., corresponding to Goth. stautan, OSax. stôtan, Du. stooten. The common Teut. strong verbal root staut corresponds in non-Teut. to an Aryan root tud, by gradation taud, which appears in Lat. tundo, ‘to beat, bruise, stun’ (Lat. tudes, ‘hammer’), and the Sans. root tud, ‘to push, thrust’; for Teut. st, equiv. to Aryan t, comp. Stier and Storch. See the following word.