steek

The story

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromsteek“stitch”
2. Scots · derived fromsteek“stitch”
3. Middle Dutch · derived fromsteken“to stitch”
4. Middle English · derived fromsteke“to enclose”
5. Scots · derived fromsteek
6. English todaysteek

From Scots steek, from Middle English steke (“to enclose”) and Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”). Noun from Scots steek (“stitch”), from Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”). More at stick, stitch.