thack

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θæk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thakken

Inherited from Old English: þaccian

Cognate with Old Dutch: þakolōn

Cognate with Old Norse: þykkr

Cognate with Icelandic: þjökka

Cognate with Norwegian: tjåka

Cognate with Latin: tangō

Inherited from Middle English: thacce

Inherited from Middle English: thak

Inherited from Old English: þæc

Cognate with Dutch: dak

Cognate with Low German: Dack

Cognate with Danish: tag

Cognate with German: Dach

Cognate with 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.