Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þaką

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 *tog-o-s, from *(s)teg- (“to cover”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɑ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*þaką n

  1. roof, cover

Inflection

Declension of *þaką (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þaką *þakō
vocative *þaką *þakō
accusative *þaką *þakō
genitive *þakas, *þakis *þakǫ̂
dative *þakai *þakamaz
instrumental *þakō *þakamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þak
    • Old English: þæc
      • Middle English: thak, thakk, thakke
      • ⇒ Middle English: thacche, thetche (influenced by þeċċan (“to cover”))
    • Old Frisian: thek, thak
    • Old Saxon: thak
      • Middle Low German: dak
        • Low German: Dak
          • German Low German: Dack
    • Old Dutch: thak
      • Middle Dutch: dac, dak, dec
        • Dutch: dak
          • Afrikaans: dak
          • Negerhollands: dak
          • → Caribbean Hindustani: dák
          • → Caribbean Javanese: dag
          • → Indonesian: dak
          • → Papiamentu: dak
          • → Sranan Tongo: daki
        • Limburgish: daak
    • Old High German: dah
  • Old Norse: þak
  • → Northern Sami: dáhkki

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þaka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 531-2
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