steck

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steck^¹

/stɛk/

Rhymes with -ɛk

Where it comes from

From Middle English stic, from Middle Dutch stucke, sticke, from Old Dutch *stukki, *stikki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”).

Cognate with Danish stykke (“piece”), Dutch stuk (“piece”), Faroese stykki (“piece”), German Stück (“piece”), Icelandic stykki (“piece”), Norwegian stykke (“piece”), Swedish stycke (“piece”). Doublet of shtick and shtuka. See also stock.

noun stecks · stek · steik · stike · steek · steak

Northern England, Scotland, obsolete A piece or an item. a steck o' bread
Similar: hunk, portion, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, flake, fleak

Steck^²

proper noun

A surname.

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@misc{steck_2026,
  title = {steck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/steck},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}