Where does “stekan” come from?

stekan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic stekan, from Proto-Germanic stikaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

stekan (Old Saxon): to stick; to stab; to stitch

Definitions

  1. to stick; to stab; to stitch

Ancestry of “stekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicstekanto pierce, to stab, to stick
2Proto-Germanicstikanąto stick; to stab
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

Words derived from “stekan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stikaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stekan →