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Where does “sticken” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sticken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sticken”

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