Where does “thick” come from?

Thick comes from Middle English thicke, Old English þicce, and Proto-Germanic þekuz, all deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root teg- meaning to cover or thicken.

thick (English): Relatively great in extent from one surface to...

Definitions

  1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to...

Ancestry of “thick”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishthikkeAlternative form of thicke
2Old Englishþiccethick
3Proto-West Germanicþikkwīthick
4Proto-Germanicþekuzthick
5Proto-Indo-Europeantégusthick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteg-

Words derived from “thick

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teg-