decken
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to roof, to build/repair a roof
- to cover
- to protect by covering
- to erase, to make invisible
- to hide
- to keep secret
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch thecken inherited from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (cover, roof).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þakjaną
Gloss
cover, roof
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afdekken Dutch, Flemish
- bedekken Dutch, Flemish
- dekbed Dutch, Flemish
- dekhengst Dutch, Flemish
- dekken Dutch, Flemish
- dekking Dutch, Flemish
- dekmantel Dutch, Flemish
- deknaam Dutch, Flemish
- deksel Dutch, Flemish
- ontdekken Dutch, Flemish
- overdekken Dutch, Flemish
- rietdekker Dutch, Flemish
- *þakiljǭ Proto-Germanic
- *þakjaną Proto-Germanic
- þeccan Old English
- þekja Old Norse
- bedecken Middle Dutch
- dekken Middle Dutch
- decchen Old High German
- thecken Old High German
- theckī Old High German
- bithekken Old Dutch
- thecken Old Dutch
- thekkian Old Saxon
- thekka Old Frisian