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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/θæk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: thakken

Overgenomen van Oudengels: þaccian

Verwant aan Old Dutch: þakolōn

Verwant aan Oudnoors: þykkr

Verwant aan IJslands: þjökka

Verwant aan Noors: tjåka

Verwant aan Latijn: tangō

Overgenomen van Middelengels: thacce

Overgenomen van Middelengels: thak

Overgenomen van Oudengels: þæc

Verwant aan Nederlands: dak

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Dack

Verwant aan Deens: tag

Verwant aan Duits: Dach

Verwant aan Oudnoors: 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.