Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þak

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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: thakke, thankk, thak
  - English: thack
  - Scots: thak, thek, thack
- ⇒ Middle English: thacche, thetche (influenced by þeċċan (“to cover”))
  - English: thatch
Old Frisian: thak, thek
- Saterland Frisian: Täk, Dak, Däk
- West Frisian: tek, dak
Old Saxon: thak
- Middle Low German: dak
  - German Low German: Dack
Old Dutch: *thak
- Middle Dutch: dac, dak, dec
  - Dutch: dak
    - Afrikaans: dak
    - → Papiamentu: dak
    - → Sranan Tongo: daki
  - Limburgish: daak
Old High German: dah
- Middle High German: dach
  - Central Franconian: Daach
    Hunsrik: Dach
  - Cimbrian: dach, tach
  - German: Dach
    - → Belarusian: дах (dax)
    - → Polish: dach
    - → Ukrainian: дах (dax)
  - Luxembourgish: Daach
  - Pennsylvania German: Dach
  - Yiddish: דאַך‎ (dakh)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *þak”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *þak”