Where does “Dickmacher” come from?

Dickmacher (German) 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...

Dickmacher (German): food or drink that is high in calories

Definitions

  1. food or drink that is high in calories

Ancestry of “Dickmacher”, step by step

Dickmacher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dick

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

via German machen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmachento make, produce, create; to make, prepare; to...
2Middle High Germanmachento make
3Old High Germanmahhōnto make, work; to make, do
4Proto-West Germanicmakōnto build, work, make
5Proto-Germanicmakazfit, suitable, agreeable, comfortable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmaǵ-to oil, knead; to knead, oil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂