1.Dyke comes from the dutch word 'Dijk'. A 'dijk' is an embankment that protects water from entering dry land. Because many parts of Holland lie beneath sea level, holland contains a lot of 'dijken' ( multiple for dijk).
2. There is a myth about a man that used his finger to hold down a hole in a dijk to save the land behind it.
'Putting a finger in a dyke' is a sexual term.
(dIk) n. Complimentary Slang. Individual with evolved confidence, expressing fearlessly their uniquevision, sexuality and being.
(sry stolen form dykes in the city but i had to put it up here..www.ditc.com)