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Teich

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(masculine, strong) pond (natural or man-made)
(abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, masculine, strong) ellipsis of großer Teich (“Atlantic Ocean”)

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/taɪ̯ç/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

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Cognate with Dutch

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Cognate with Icelandic

In summary

From Middle High German tīch, from Old High German *tīh, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-. Doublet of Deich, which is the same word from a West Central German source. Cognate with Yiddish טײַך (taykh), Dutch dijk, English ditch, Icelandic díki.