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Where does “tiche” come from?

tiche (Middle English) comes from Old English tiċċen, from Proto-West Germanic tikkīn, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

Ancestry of “tiche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtiċċenyoung goat; kid; goatling
2Proto-West Germanictikkīnkid, young goat
3Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “tiche”

  • tic-
  • tiken-
  • tik-
  • tike-
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →