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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þekuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθe.kuz/

Adjective

*þekuz

  1. thick

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þikkwī
  • Old Norse: þykkr, þjokkr, þjukkr
    • Icelandic: þykkur
    • Faroese: tjúkkur, tjukkur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjukk, tykk
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: tjukk
    • Old Swedish: thiokker, thiukker
    • Old Danish: thyk, thiuk, thiok
      • Danish: tyk
        • Norwegian Bokmål: tykk
    • Elfdalian: tiokk
    • Jamtish: tjukk
    • Gutnish: tjåkkar
    • Scanian: tjykker
    • → Finnish: tykky (“thick snow on trees”)
    • → Karelian: tykky
  • → Proto-Samic: *teakkē (“thick meat”) (see there for further descendants)
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