Etymograph

English

schtick

Schtick comes from Yiddish שטיק ‘shtick, act, piece’, from Proto-Germanic *stikaną ‘to stick’, and perhaps ultimately from *stukkōną ‘idem’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stukkōną1‘idem’uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stikaną1‘to stick’uncertain
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stukkiją2‘piece’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stukkī3‘piece’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050stucki4‘crust, fragment, piece’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350stücke4‘piece’
  7. Yiddishmodernשטיק5‘shtick, act, piece’
  8. Englishtodayschtick5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *stukkiją
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *stukkī
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old High German stucki
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Yiddish שטיק
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English schtick

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stukkōnąWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *stukkiją‘idem’uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stikanąWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *stukkiją‘to stick’uncertain
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*stukkijąWiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *stukkī‘piece’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*stukkīWiktionary, Old High German stucki‘piece’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050stuckiWiktionary, Yiddish שטיק‘crust, fragment, piece’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350stückeWiktionary, Yiddish שטיק‘piece’
  7. YiddishmodernשטיקWiktionary, English schtick‘shtick, act, piece’
  8. EnglishtodayschtickWiktionary, English schtick

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *stikaną ‘to stick’

attack, stock, etiquette, stitch, detach, 3 more

through Proto-Germanic *stukkiją ‘piece’

stucco, 2 more

through Proto-West Germanic *stukkī ‘piece’

stick, 2 more

through Yiddish שטיק ‘shtick, act, piece’

shtick

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “schtick”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *stukkiją, Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, Old High German stucki, Yiddish שטיק. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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