köken: 16th century, standard since ca. 1700. From now obsolete zogen (“to tug, pull around”) + -ern (iterative suffix), probably after Middle Low German tȫgeren (14th c., modern Low German tögern, töcheln). The underlying verb is further from Middle High German zogen, from Old High German zogōn, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, belonging to the root of ziehen (“to pull”).
stammer, stammering, hesitation (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech) · stutter, stuttering (unsmooth movement or motion that stops and starts again) · hiccup(s), (set of) minor setback(s)