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Where does “stikken” come from?

stikken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticken, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic stikjaną — to stab, stick, prick.

stikken (Dutch): to choke, suffocate; to suffocate, to cause...

Definitions

  1. to choke, suffocate; to suffocate, to cause...

Ancestry of “stikken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsticken—
2Old Dutch*sticken—
3Proto-West Germanic*stikkjan—
4Proto-Germanicstikjanąto stab, stick, prick

Words derived from “stikken”

  • verstikken
  • verstikking
  • stikstof
  • stikstof
Every word from Proto-Germanic stikjaną →