Steck

//stɛk// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece or an item. Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete

    "a steck o' bread"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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"The famed climber Ueli Steck, the 'Swiss Machine,' died in a climbing accident near Mount Everest."

Etymology

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.

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