Where does “the sticks” come from?

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

the sticks (English): A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks

Definitions

  1. A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks

Ancestry of “the sticks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinook Jargonstickstick; wood, firewood; tree, forest
2EnglishstickAn elongated piece of wood or similar material,...
3Middle Englishstikketwig, branch; kindling, twigs used as a...
4Old Englishsticcastick
5Proto-West Germanic*stikkōstick, pole

Words derived from “the sticks”

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