Where does “śtyk” come from?
śtyk (Polish) comes from Polish stykać, from Polish tykać, from Polish -ać, from Old Polish -ć, from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
śtyk (Polish): stick sharpened for scraping the blade of a plough when ploughing
Definitions
- stick sharpened for scraping the blade of a plough when ploughing
Ancestry of “śtyk”, step by step
śtyk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish stykać
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | stykać | to connect, to put in contact, to touch together |
| 2 | Polish | tykać | to tick; to touch; to address with the informal... |
| 3 | Polish | -ać | forms imperfect and frequentative verb forms, causes both consonantal and vocalic sound changes within the stem |
| 4 | Old Polish | -ć | forms |
| 5 | Old Polish | ty | singular non-formal second person pronoun thou, you |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | ty | you |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀ | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via German Stecken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stecken | stick |
| 2 | Middle High German | stecken | to stick, to pin, to fasten (by piercing) |
| 3 | Old High German | steckōn | — |
| 4 | Old High German | stehhan | to stick, attach, nail |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stekan | to pierce, to stab, to stick |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stikaną | to stick; to stab |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teyg- | to be sharp; to sting |