An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/stutzen

by Friedrich Kluge

stutzen, verb, ‘to stop short, hesitate, be startled, to cut short,’ from late Middle High German stutzen, weak verb, ‘to scare away’; allied to Middle High German stutz, ‘push, impact’ (Teutonic root staut, see stoßen); compare Dutch stuiten, ‘to check, rebound.’ —