tree branch; stick
Refers to a branch of a tree, often a smaller one, or a stick used as a tool or material.
I made a small craft with a stick I picked up in the garden.
A branch broken by the wind was lying on the road.
Compound of 枝 (eda, 'branch') and 木 (ki, 'tree' or 'wood'), with rendaku voicing of 木 to ぎ. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word straightforwardly combines the concepts of branch and wood.