tichen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ticchen, tiche
• tik-, tike-

Etymology

From Old English tiċċen (“goatling”) from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn; equivalent to tik- +‎ -chen from Old English -ċen, double diminutive suffix from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz + *-īną.

Noun

tichen (plural tichenes)

1. a young goat; goatling; kid

Descendants

• English: tick, titch
• Yola: titch, thick, tick

References

• “tichen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.