ditch
English
/dɪtʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dich inherited from Old English dīċ (moat, trench) inherited from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (puddle, pool) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (stick, set up, set, jab, fix).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeygʷ-
Gloss
stick, set up, set, jab, fix
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Emoji
🍡 🍢 🏑 🏒 🥍 🥢
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Quidditch English
- digger English
- digging English
- ditchable English
- ditchdigger English
- ditchdigging English
- ditcher English
- ditchlike English
- ditchwater English
- ditchy English
- inditch English
- queer English
- water English
- *figico Latin
- *fīccāre Latin
- *fīccō, *fīccāre Latin
- affigo Latin
- configo Latin
- crucifigo Latin
- defigo Latin
- fibula Latin
- figo Latin
- finis Latin
- fīgō Latin
- fīxus Latin
- infigo Latin
- perfigo Latin
- suffigo Latin
- transfigo Latin
- Badeteich German
- Ententeich German
- Fischteich German
- Forellenteich German
- Froschteich German
- Karpfenteich German
- Schwanenteich German
- Seerosenteich German
- Teich German
- Teichfrosch German
- Teichmolch German
- Teichrose German
- Teichwasserläufer German
- Afsluitdijk Dutch, Flemish
- Koedijk Dutch, Flemish
- boezemdijk Dutch, Flemish
- dijk Dutch, Flemish
- dijkage Dutch, Flemish
- dijkbewaking Dutch, Flemish
- dijkdoorbraak Dutch, Flemish
- dijker Dutch, Flemish
- dijkgraaf Dutch, Flemish
- dijkleger Dutch, Flemish
- dijkrecht Dutch, Flemish
- dijkschouw Dutch, Flemish
- dijkwacht Dutch, Flemish
- dijkwezen Dutch, Flemish
- moerdijk Dutch, Flemish
- omdijken Dutch, Flemish
- ringdijk Dutch, Flemish
- stuifdijk Dutch, Flemish
- wierdijk Dutch, Flemish
- zeedijk Dutch, Flemish
- zomerdijk Dutch, Flemish
- fichu French
- dique Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *dheigʷ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰīgʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *dīkiją Proto-Germanic
- dike Swedish
- krondike Swedish
- dic Old English
- dīcian Old English
- dīċ Old English
- dich Middle English
- díki Old Norse
- díki Icelandic
- dijc Middle Dutch
- *tīh Old High German
- tīch Middle High German
- קווידיץ׳ Hebrew (modern)
- *dīk Old Dutch
- *feigʷō Proto-Italic
- autodyk Western Frisian
- dyk Western Frisian
- dīk Old Frisian
- *dʰingʷ-u Proto-Albanian