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Where does “þiccet” come from?

þiccet (Old 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-.

þiccet (Old English): thicket, growth of dense bushes; any place where...

Definitions

  1. thicket, growth of dense bushes; any place where...

Ancestry of “þiccet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþiccethick
2Proto-West Germanicþikkwīthick
3Proto-Germanicþekuzthick
4Proto-Indo-Europeantégusthick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteg-—

Words derived from “þiccet”

  • thicket
  • thicketed
  • thickety
  • thicketization
  • thikket
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