Where does “dick” come from?

dick (German) comes 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...

dick (German): thick; fat

Definitions

  1. thick; fat

Ancestry of “dick”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dick

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂