Where does “sopstik” come from?

sopstik (Tok Pisin) comes from English chopstick, from English stick, from Middle English stikke, from Old English sticca, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō — stick, pole.

sopstik (Tok Pisin): chopsticks

Definitions

  1. chopsticks

Ancestry of “sopstik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchopstickA particular East Asian eating utensil, used in...
2EnglishstickAn elongated piece of wood or similar material,...
3Middle Englishstikketwig, branch; kindling, twigs used as a...
4Old Englishsticcastick
5Proto-West Germanic*stikkōstick, pole
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō →Every word from Old English sticca →Every word from Middle English stikke →