Where does “staic” come from?

staic (Irish) comes from Middle English stack, from Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

staic (Irish): picket, stake, post

Definitions

  1. picket, stake, post

Ancestry of “staic”, step by step

staic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English stack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishstackAlternative form of stak; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishstacastake
3Proto-Germanicstakôstake
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Old Norse steik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesteikroast
2Proto-Germanicstaikō—

Words derived from “staic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stakô →Every word from Old English staca →
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