Where does “thicketful” come from?
thicketful (English) comes from English thicket, from Middle English thikket, from Old English þiccet, from Old English þicce, from Proto-West Germanic þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European tégus, from Proto-Indo-European teg-.
thicketful (English): Enough to fill a thicket
Definitions
- Enough to fill a thicket
Ancestry of “thicketful”, step by step
thicketful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English thicket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thicket | A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs,... |
| 2 | Middle English | thikket | — |
| 3 | Old English | þiccet | thicket, growth of dense bushes; any place where... |
| 4 | Old English | þicce | thick |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þikkwī | thick |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þekuz | thick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tégus | thick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | teg- | — |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |