Where does “dik” come from?
dik (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch dicke, from Middle Dutch -e, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
dik (Dutch): thick; fat; fatly, thickly
Definitions
- thick; fat; fatly, thickly
Ancestry of “dik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | dicke | thick, fat; thick, viscous; dense |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | -e | Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives,... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | -i | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |