Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þak

This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þaką.

Noun

*þak n

1. roof, cover

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þak
Genitive	*þakas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þak	*þaku
Accusative	*þak	*þaku
Genitive	*þakas	*þakō
Dative	*þakē	*þakum
Instrumental	*þaku	*þakum

Derived terms

• *þakkjan

Descendants

• Old English: þæc
  • Middle English: thak, thakk, thakke
    • English: thack
    • Scots: thak, thek, thack
  • ⇒ Middle English: thacche, thetche (influenced by þeċċan (“to cover”))
    • English: thatch
• Old Frisian: thek, thak
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: taag

    Mooring: tååge

  • Saterland Frisian: Täk
  • West Frisian: tek
• Old Saxon: thak
  • Middle Low German: dak
    • German Low German: Dack
• Old Dutch: *thak
  • Middle Dutch: dac, dak, dec
    • Dutch: dak
      • Afrikaans: dak
      • Negerhollands: dak
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: dák
      • → Caribbean Javanese: dag
      • → Indonesian: dak
      • → Papiamentu: dak
      • → Sranan Tongo: daki
    • Limburgish: daak
• Old High German: dah
  • Middle High German: dach
    • Central Franconian: Daach

      Hunsrik: Dach

    • Cimbrian: dach, tach (Luserna)
    • German: Dach
      • → Belarusian: дах (dax)
      • → Polish: dach
      • → Ukrainian: дах (dax)
    • Luxembourgish: Daach
    • Pennsylvania German: Dach
    • Yiddish: דאַך (dakh)