Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *steu-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to commend, to affirm

Hittite: isduwa- 'kund werden, offenbar werden' (Tischler 437f)

Old Indian: stáuti, stávate `to praise', ptc. stutá-; stutí- f. `praise, eulogy', stotár- `praising, worshipping'

Avestan: staoiti `lobt, preist, besingt; betet', ptc. stūta-; stūiti-; staotar-

Old Greek: stêu̯tai̯, ipf. stêu̯to `feierlich kundgeben, sich anheischig machen, versprechen, drohen, behaupten'

Russ. meaning: хвалить, утверждать

References: WP II 620