Where does “*sticken” come from?
*sticken (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic stikjaną — to stab, stick, prick.
Ancestry of “*sticken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *stikkjan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | stikjaną | to stab, stick, prick |