thwack
English
/θwæk/
noun
Definitions
- The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
- A heavy slapping sound.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thakken (stroke) inherited from Old English þaccian (stroke, touch gently, pat, tap, touch, touch lightly) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (touch lightly, touch, touch softly) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (touch, take hold of).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*teh₂g-
Gloss
touch, take hold of
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bethwack English
- geotaxis English
- hypotaxis English
- intact English
- para-hypotaxis English
- parataxis English
- syntax English
- tactful English
- tactility English
- tactless English
- tangential English
- taxidermal English
- taxis English
- taxocene English
- taxodont English
- taxonym English
- taxonymy English
- thack English
- thwacker English
- untactful English
- attingo Latin
- contactus Latin
- contingo Latin
- intactus Latin
- integer Latin
- obtingo Latin
- pertingo Latin
- tactilis Latin
- tactus Latin
- tangere Latin
- tangō Latin
- taxāre Latin
- taxō Latin
- tāctus Latin
- tālāriā Latin
- intact French
- taxonomie French
- συντακτικός Ancient Greek
- τάξις Ancient Greek
- ταγός Ancient Greek
- τακτικός Ancient Greek
- *tag- Proto-Indo-European
- *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- tykk Norwegian Bokmål
- *þakwōną Proto-Germanic
- *þekuz Proto-Germanic
- dokker Norwegian Nynorsk
- dykk Norwegian Nynorsk
- þaccian Old English
- thakken Middle English
- þjaka Old Norse
- þykkleikr Old Norse
- þykkr Old Norse
- þykt Old Norse
- þér Old Norse
- tyk Danish
- *tъknǫti Proto-Slavic
- þykkur Icelandic
- εντάξει Greek (modern)
- teimlo Welsh
- թակարդ Old Armenian
- tjúkkur Faroese
- *tongeti Proto-Celtic
- thiokker Old Swedish
- *tangō Proto-Italic
- *taťťō Proto-Hellenic
- tjykker Scanian