Etymology

breadstick

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Today it means: A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain. Full definition →

English stick ← Middle English stikke ← Old English sticca
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*braudą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*braud
  4. Old Englishbrēad
  5. Middle Englishbred
  6. Englishbread
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*stignéh₂-
  9. Proto-Germanic*stikkōną
  10. Proto-Germanic*stikkô
  11. Proto-West Germanic*stikkō
  12. Old Englishsticca
  13. Middle Englishstikke
  14. Englishstick
  15. English todaybreadstick

From bread + stick.

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