dekken
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈdɛkə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to cover
- (transitive) to set (the table)
- (transitive) to impregnate (horses, cows)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch decken 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
- tugurium Latin
- Dach German
- Dachdecker German
- abdecken German
- aufdecken German
- bedecken German
- decken German
- eindecken German
- entdecken German
- verdecken German
- tugurio Italian
- af Dutch, Flemish
- afdekken Dutch, Flemish
- bed Dutch, Flemish
- bedekken Dutch, Flemish
- bedekking Dutch, Flemish
- dekbed Dutch, Flemish
- dekbedovertrek Dutch, Flemish
- dekhengst Dutch, Flemish
- dekking Dutch, Flemish
- dekmantel Dutch, Flemish
- deknaam Dutch, Flemish
- deksel Dutch, Flemish
- er Dutch, Flemish
- hengst Dutch, Flemish
- herontdekking Dutch, Flemish
- hoofddeksel Dutch, Flemish
- mantel Dutch, Flemish
- naam Dutch, Flemish
- ontdekken Dutch, Flemish
- ontdekking Dutch, Flemish
- overdekken Dutch, Flemish
- riet Dutch, Flemish
- rietdekker Dutch, Flemish
- tugurio Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)teg- Proto-Indo-European
- *þakiljǭ Proto-Germanic
- *þakjaną Proto-Germanic
- þeccan Old English
- þekja Old Norse
- tuguri Catalan, Valencian
- bedecken Middle Dutch
- decken Middle Dutch
- dekken Middle Dutch
- ontdecken Middle Dutch
- decchen Old High German
- thecken Old High German
- theckī Old High German
- deksel Afrikaans
- decken Middle High German
- andecken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- decken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- entdecken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- thecken Old Dutch
- thekkian Old Saxon
- thekka Old Frisian