Where does “dicht” come from?

dicht (Middle Low German) comes from Old Dutch thīht, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European tenkt-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Ancestry of “dicht”, step by step

dicht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch thīht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthīht—
2Proto-West Germanic*þį̄ht(ī)tight
3Proto-Germanicþinhtaztight
4Proto-Indo-Europeantenkt-dense, thick, tight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Middle Low German dichten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandichtento compose a poem
2Latindictōto repeat, say often

Words derived from “dicht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tenkt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þinhtaz →