Where does “dicker” come from?

dicker (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...

dicker (German): comparative degree of dick

Definitions

  1. comparative degree of dick

Ancestry of “dicker”, step by step

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...
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