An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Stecken

by Friedrich Kluge

Stecken, masculine, ‘stick, staff,’ from the equivalent Middle High German stëcke (stëche), Old High German stëccho (stëhho) masculine. Corresponding to Anglo-Saxon sticca, English stick; literally perhaps ‘pricker,’ like Stange, allied to English sting. —