dic
Old English
noun
Definitions
- ditch; trench; dike
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (puddle, pool) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (stick, set up, set, jab, fix).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeygʷ-
Gloss
stick, set up, set, jab, fix
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- finis Latin
- fīgō Latin
- fīxus Latin
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *dheigʷ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰīgʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *dīkiją Proto-Germanic
- dike Swedish
- dīcian Old English
- dīċ Old English
- dik Middle English
- díki Old Norse
- dige Danish
- díki Icelandic
- dijc Middle Dutch
- *tīh Old High German
- *dīk Old Dutch
- dikj Westrobothnian
- *feigʷō Proto-Italic
- dīk Old Frisian
- *dʰingʷ-u Proto-Albanian