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Where does “þicce” come from?

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

þicce (Old English): thick

Definitions

  1. thick

Ancestry of “þicce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþikkwīthick
2Proto-Germanicþekuzthick
3Proto-Indo-Europeantégusthick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteg-—

Words derived from “þicce”

  • thick
  • thickness
  • thickly
  • thicket
  • thickening
  • thicken
  • thickset
  • thickener
  • thickish
  • thickheaded
  • thicky
  • thicketed
  • thickhead
  • thicknet
  • thickety
  • thickheadedness
  • thickwitted
  • thicko
  • superthick
  • thickskin
  • thicknesser
  • thickie
  • thickshake
  • ultrathick
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