Old English · noun
stice
Normalised stiċe
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsti.t͡ʃe/
- Syllables
- ˈsti · t͡ʃe (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- stitchprickingpuncturestabbingsensationstabprickfollowing
Meaning
-
stitch, in the following senses:; a prick, puncture, or stab
-
stitch, in the following senses:; a pricking or stabbing pain or sensation
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz, whence also Old High German stih (“prick, sting, stitch”), Gothic (stiks, “point”), Old Frisian stek, steke (“point”) and Old Saxon stiki (“prick, stab”).
Descendants
stitch
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