English
shtick
Shtick comes from Yiddish שטיק ‘shtick, act, piece’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stukkiją‘piece’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stukkī‘piece’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050stucki‘crust, fragment, piece’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350stücke‘piece’
- Yiddishmodernשטיקshtik‘shtick, act, piece’
- Englishearliest quotation 1973shtick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stukkiją‘piece’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stukkī‘piece’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050stucki‘crust, fragment, piece’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350stücke‘piece’
- Yiddishmodernשטיקshtik‘shtick, act, piece’
- Englishearliest quotation 1973shtick
Earliest quotation: 1973, Barry White, Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up: “I'm never ever gonna quit 'cause / Quittin' just…”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *stikaną ‘to stick’
attack, stock, stitch, etiquette, detach, 3 more
through Proto-Germanic *stukkiją ‘piece’
through Proto-West Germanic *stukkī ‘piece’
through Yiddish שטיק ‘shtick, act, piece’
Today it means
noun A generally humorous routine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *stukkiją / shtick