Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þaką

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɑ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*þaką n

roof, cover

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þaką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þaką	*þakō
vocative	*þaką	*þakō
accusative	*þaką	*þakō
genitive	þakas, þakis	*þakǫ̂
dative	*þakai	*þakamaz
instrumental	*þakō	*þakamiz

Derived terms

*þakjaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þak
- Old English: þæc
  - Middle English: thakke, thankk, thak
    - 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)
Old Norse: þak
- Icelandic: þak
- Faroese: tak
- Norwegian: tak
- Old Swedish: þak
  - Swedish: tak
- Danish: tag
→ Northern Sami: dáhkki