[1300–50; ME ‹ ON sīk small stream, ditch, pond, c. OE sīc (now sitch) rill, MLG sīk puddle; akin to OHG seih urine, OE sicerian to ooze]This word is first recorded in the period 1300–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: address, conversion, natural, stuff, twist