Etymograph

English

gunstick

From gun + stick.

A compound of gun + stick

Middle English gunne

English gun

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- ‘to be sharp’

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Proto-Germanic *stikkô ‘pole’

Proto-West Germanic *stikkō ‘stick’

Old English sticca ‘stick’

Middle English sticke ‘branch’

English stick

Today it means

noun A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gunstick