Where does “thru-hike” come from?
thru-hike (English) comes from English hike, from English hyke, from English Hitch, from English Richard, from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, from Frankish Rīkahard — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
thru-hike (English): an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in...
Definitions
- an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in...
Ancestry of “thru-hike”, step by step
thru-hike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hike | A long walk; An abrupt increase; The snap of the... |
| 2 | English | hyke | Alternative form of haik; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | English | Hitch | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 4 | English | Richard | A turd |
| 5 | Middle English | Rycharde | — |
| 6 | Old French | Richard | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | Richardus | — |
| 8 | Frankish | Rīkahard | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | Rīkaharduz | A male given name |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via English thru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thru | Rare spelling of through; Eye dialect spelling of... |
| 2 | English | through | From one side of an opening to the other;... |
| 3 | Middle English | thrugh | — |
| 4 | Old English | þurh | API; through; by means of: by, through, via |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þurhw | through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥h₂kʷe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |