thack

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

To strike or thump (someone or something); to thwack.

Noun

A stroke; a thwack.

Intj

The sound of a thack.

Noun

The weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often specifically thatch.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/θæk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: thakken

Geërf van Old English: þaccian

Verwante met Old Dutch: þakolōn

Verwante met Old Norse: þykkr

Verwante met Yslands: þjökka

Verwante met Noors: tjåka

Verwante met Latyn: tangō

Geërf van Middle English: thacce

Geërf van Middle English: thak

Geërf van Old English: þæc

Verwante met Nederlands: dak

Verwante met Nederduits: Dack

Verwante met Deens: tag

Verwante met Duits: Dach

Verwante met Old Norse: þak

In summary

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.