Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.
From Middle English thakken (“to stroke”), from Old English þaccian (“to touch gently, stroke, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakwōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakolōn (“to stroke”), Old Norse þykkr (“a thwack, thump, blow”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō (“touch”). More at thwack, tangent.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*teh₂g-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionthakkenenm · to stroke
- Inherited-form mentionþaccianang · to touch gently, stroke, tap
- Inherited-form mention*þakwōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*þakwōnągem-pro · to touch lightly
- Derivation mention*teh₂g-ine-pro · to touch
- Cognate mentionþakolōnodt · to stroke
- Cognate mentionþykkrnon · a thwack, thump, blow
- Cognate mentionþjökkais
- Cognate mentiontjåkano · to strike, beat
- Cognate mentiontangōla · touch
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