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 *(s)teg- (“cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɑ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*þaką n

1. roof, cover

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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

• *þakjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þak
  • Old English: þæc
    • Middle English: thakke, thankk, thak
      • English: thack
      • Scots: thak, thek, thack
    • ⇒ Middle English: thacche, thetche (influenced by þeċċan (“to cover”))
      • English: thatch
  • Old Frisian: thek, thak
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: taag

      Mooring: tååge

    • Saterland Frisian: Täk
    • West Frisian: tek
  • Old Saxon: thak
    • Middle 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
    • Middle High German: dach
      • Central Franconian: Daach

        Hunsrik: Dach

      • Cimbrian: dach, tach
      • German: Dach
        • → Belarusian: дах (dax)
        • → Polish: dach
        • → Ukrainian: дах (dax)
      • Luxembourgish: Daach
      • Pennsylvania German: Dach
      • Yiddish: דאַך (dakh)
• Old Norse: þak
  • Icelandic: þak
  • Faroese: tak
  • Norwegian: tak
  • Old Swedish: þak
    • Swedish: tak
  • Danish: tag
• → Northern Sami: dáhkki