Reconstruction:Old Dutch/thiccon

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From a merger of:

• Proto-West Germanic *þikkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *þekwōną. Equivalent to *thicki (“thick, wide”) +‎ -on (“factitive suffix”).
• Proto-West Germanic *þikkwēn. Equivalent to *thicki (“thick, wide”) +‎ -on (“stative-fientive suffix”).

Verb

*thiccon

1. to make thick, to thicken
2. to become thick, to grow dense

Inflection

Conjugation of *thiccon (weak class 2)

infinitive	*thiccon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	*thicco, *thiccon	*thiccoda
2nd person singular	*thiccos, *thiccost	*thiccodos
3rd person singular	*thiccot	*thiccoda
1st person plural	*thiccon	*thiccodun
2nd person plural	*thiccot	*thiccodut
3rd person plural	*thiccont	*thiccodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	*thicco	*thiccodi
2nd person singular	*thiccos, *thiccost	*thiccodis
3rd person singular	*thicco	*thiccodi
1st person plural	*thiccon	*thiccodin
2nd person plural	*thiccot	*thiccodit
3rd person plural	*thiccon	*thiccodin
imperative	present
singular	*thicco
plural	*thiccot
participle	present	past
	*thiccondi	*thiccot, *githiccot

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dicken
  • Dutch: dikken