sticca

Old English

Alternative forms

• *stecca

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), whence also Old High German stecko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstik.kɑ/

Noun

sticca m

1. stick
2. peg
3. rod or beam
4. the pointer of a dial
5. a piece of wood used as a spoon, wooden spoon

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	sticca	sticcan
accusative	sticcan	sticcan
genitive	sticcan	sticcena
dative	sticcan	sticcum

Derived terms

• candelsticca
• regolsticca
• tōþsticca
• ġeocsticca

 

Descendants

• Middle English: stikke, sticke, stik
  • English: stick
  • Scots: stick, stikk