Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “þak”

125 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic þak — including Thatcher, thatch, Thatcherism, thatching, dachshund, Thatcherite, thatcher, thack.

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Dutch (34)

German (29)

English (21)

Luxembourgish (8)

Polish (4)

Middle English (4)

North Frisian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Turkish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Swedish (1)

French (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Interlingue (1)

Hebrew (1)

Japanese (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Belarusian (1)

Old English (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Malay (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)