tyke

English

/taɪk/

noun

Definitions

(dialectal) A mongrel dog.
(colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one
(dated) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
(UK) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman
(Australian) A Roman Catholic

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tike derived from Old Norse tík (bitch).

Origin

Old Norse

tík

Gloss

bitch

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tykish English
tik Norwegian Bokmål
*tikk Proto-Germanic
tik Swedish
tik Norwegian Nynorsk
tike Middle English
tík Old Norse
tík Icelandic
tíkarsonur Icelandic
revtík Faroese
tík Faroese

tykish