steck

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stukkiją“piece”
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*stukkī
3. Old Dutch · derived from*stukki
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromstucke
5. Middle English · inherited fromstic
6. English todaysteck

From Middle English stic, from Middle Dutch stucke, sticke, from Old Dutch *stukki, *stikki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”). Cognate with Danish stykke (“piece”), Dutch stuk (“piece”), Faroese stykki (“piece”), German Stück (“piece”), Icelandic stykki (“piece”), Norwegian stykke (“piece”), Swedish stycke (“piece”). Doublet of shtick and shtuka. See also stock.

Words from the same roots