tak
Westrobothnian
[tʰɑːk]
noun
Definitions
- roof
- ceiling
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þak (thatch, roof) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þaką (roof, cover, covering) inherited 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
- *(s)teg- Proto-Indo-European
- *teg- Proto-Indo-European
- tak Norwegian Bokmål
- *þaką Proto-Germanic
- tak Norwegian Nynorsk
- þæc Old English
- þak Old Norse
- tag Danish
- þak Icelandic
- dah Old High German
- tak Faroese
- *þak gmw-pro
- *thak Old Dutch
- thak Old Dutch
- þak Old Swedish
- vattutak Westrobothnian
- vâtn Westrobothnian
- taag North Frisian
- tååge North Frisian
- tʾg Parthian