Etymology of thick

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det

Alternative form of thilk (“that same”).

noun

The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. · A thicket. · A stupid person; a fool.

adv

In a thick manner. · Frequently or numerously.

adj

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. · Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension. · Heavy in build; thickset. · Densely crowded or packed.

verb

To thicken.

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From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).

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Root classification mention*(s)teg- (pole)ine-pro
Inherited-form mentionthikkeenm
Inherited-form mentionþicceang
Inherited-form mention*þikkwīgmw-pro
Inherited-form mention*þekuzgem-pro · thick
Inherited-form mention*tégusine-pro · thick
Cognate mentionsjokfrr
Cognate mentiontjukstq · thick
Cognate mentiondikfy
Cognate mentiondeckgmw-cfr · thick
Cognate mentiondikhcim
Cognate mentiondiknl · thick
Cognate mentiondickde · thick
Cognate mentiondécklb · thick
Cognate mentionדיקyi · thick
Cognate mentiontykda · thick
Cognate mentiontiokkovd · thick
Cognate mentiontjúkkurfo · thick
Cognate mentionþykkuris · thick
Cognate mentiontjykkergmq-scy · thick
Cognate mentiontjocksv · thick
Cognate mentiontiubhga
Cognate mentionçhiugv · thick
Cognate mentiontiughgd · thick

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