Where does “dika” come from?

dika (Esperanto) comes from German dick, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, from Old High German -ī, 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...

dika (Esperanto): thick; fat

Definitions

  1. thick; fat

Ancestry of “dika”, step by step

dika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandickthick; fat
2Middle High Germandickethickly; often
3Old High Germandicchīthick
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via English thick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthickRelatively great in extent from one surface to...
2Middle EnglishthikkeAlternative form of thicke
3Old Englishþiccethick
4Proto-West Germanicþikkwīthick
5Proto-Germanicþekuzthick
6Proto-Indo-Europeantégusthick
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteg-—

Words derived from “dika”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →