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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*sīką

3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *sīką, most common first.

sickerCertain.
sitchA brook; an occasional small waterway: a ditch, a gutter or drain; a ravine.
sikeA gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.