Where does “geþicfieldan” come from?

geþicfieldan (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-.

geþicfieldan (Old English): to make dense

Definitions

  1. to make dense

Ancestry of “geþicfieldan”, step by step

geþicfieldan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English þicce

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

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tégus →Every word from Proto-Germanic þekuz →