Where does “dikkop” come from?
dikkop (English) comes from Afrikaans dikkop, from Afrikaans dik, from Dutch dik, from Middle Dutch dicke, from Middle Dutch -e, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
dikkop (English): A bird of the family Burhinidae; A viral...
Definitions
- A bird of the family Burhinidae; A viral...
Ancestry of “dikkop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | dikkop | stone curlew, dikkop |
| 2 | Afrikaans | dik | thick, bulky; fat, obese; dense, viscous or thick... |
| 3 | Dutch | dik | thick; fat; fatly, thickly |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dicke | thick, fat; thick, viscous; dense |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -e | Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives,... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -i | ness, -th |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |