Where does “tykk” come from?
tykk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þykkr, from Proto-Germanic þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European tégus, from Proto-Indo-European teg-.
tykk (Norwegian Bokmål): thick; fat
Ancestry of “tykk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þykkr | thick |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þekuz | thick |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tégus | thick |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | teg- | — |
Words derived from “tykk”