Where does “chainsticks” come from?

chainsticks (English) comes from English chain, from Middle English cheyne, from Old French chaine, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

chainsticks (English): Synonym of nunchaku

Definitions

  1. Synonym of nunchaku

Ancestry of “chainsticks”, step by step

chainsticks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchainA series of interconnected rings or links usually...
2Middle EnglishcheyneA chain; a series of links made of metal,...
3Old Frenchchaine—
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

via English sticks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsticksplural of stick; API pl; rural terrain,...
2EnglishstickAn elongated piece of wood or similar material,...
3Middle Englishstikketwig, branch; kindling, twigs used as a...
4Old Englishsticcastick
5Proto-West Germanic*stikkōstick, pole
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Old French chaine →