Where does “tik” come from?
tik (Swedish) comes from Old Norse tík, from Proto-Germanic *tīkō, from Proto-Indo-European dewk- — to pull, to draw; to lead.
tik (Swedish): a bitch
Ancestry of “tik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | tík | bitch |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *tīkō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |