Where does “sticks” come from?

sticks (English) comes from English stick, from Middle English stikke, from Old English sticca, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō — stick, pole.

sticks (English): plural of stick; API pl; rural terrain,...

Definitions

  1. plural of stick; API pl; rural terrain,...

Ancestry of “sticks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstickAn elongated piece of wood or similar material,...
2Middle Englishstikketwig, branch; kindling, twigs used as a...
3Old Englishsticcastick
4Proto-West Germanic*stikkōstick, pole

Words derived from “sticks”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō →Every word from Old English sticca →Every word from Middle English stikke →