þæc
Old English
noun
Definitions
- roof
- thatch
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þaką (roof, cover, covering) derived from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*teg-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thackeray English
- thatch English
- *(s)teg- Proto-Indo-European
- *teg- Proto-Indo-European
- tak Norwegian Bokmål
- *þaką Proto-Germanic
- dach Polish
- tak Norwegian Nynorsk
- tiġele Old English
- þæctigele Old English
- thach, thache Middle English
- þak Old Norse
- tag Danish
- þak Icelandic
- dah Old High German
- tak Faroese
- dach Middle High German
- Daach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *þak gmw-pro
- *thak Old Dutch
- thak Old Dutch
- þak Old Swedish
- tak Westrobothnian
- Dach Hunsrik
- taag North Frisian
- tååge North Frisian
- tʾg Parthian