Where does “thicke” come from?

thicke (Middle English) comes from Old English þicce, from Proto-West Germanic þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European tégus, from Proto-Indo-European teg-.

thicke (Middle English): thick, wide, broad; dense, packed, covered with...

Definitions

  1. thick, wide, broad; dense, packed, covered with...

Ancestry of “thicke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþiccethick
2Proto-West Germanicþikkwīthick
3Proto-Germanicþekuzthick
4Proto-Indo-Europeantégusthick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteg-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tégus →Every word from Proto-Germanic þekuz →