English
sticklike
From stick + -like.
A compound of stick + -like
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
adj Resembling a stick in form
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / sticklike