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Where does “stiċċan” come from?

stiċċan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic stikjaną — to stab, stick, prick.

Ancestry of “stiċċan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstikjanąto stab, stick, prick

Words derived from “stiċċan”

  • sticchen
  • stichen
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