*þaką

Runic: ᚦᚨᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈθɑ.kɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

roof, cover

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tog-o-s, from *(s)teg- (‘to cover’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	þaką	þakō
Acc.	þaką	þakō
Gen.	þakas, þakis	þakǫ̂
Dat.	þakai	þakamaz
Inst.	þakō	þakamiz
Voc.	þaką	þakō

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Descendants

*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- thak (Old Dutch)
  - dac, dak, dec (Middle Dutch)
    - daak (Limburgish)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- thak (Old Dutch)
  - dac, dak, dec (Middle Dutch)
    - dak (Dutch)
      - dak (Afrikaans)
      - dák (Caribbean Hindustani)
      - dag (Caribbean Javanese)
      - dak (Indonesian)
      - dak (Negerhollands)
      - dak (Papiamentu)
      - daki (Sranan Tongo)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- þæc (Old English)
  - thacche, thetche, þeċċan (Middle English)
    - thatch (English)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- þæc (Old English)
  - thak, thakk, thakke (Middle English)
    - thack (English)
    - thak, thek, thack (Scots)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- thek, thak (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Täk (Saterland Frisian)
  - tek (West Frisian)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- dah (Old High German)
  - dach (Middle High German)
    - Daach (Central Franconian)
    - dach, tach (Cimbrian)
    - Daach (Luxembourgish)
    - Dach (Pennsylvania German)
    - דאַך (dakh) (Yiddish)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- dah (Old High German)
  - dach (Middle High German)
    - Dach (German)
      - дахъ (dax) (Old Ruthenian)
        
        дах (dax) (Belarusian)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- dah (Old High German)
  - dach (Middle High German)
    - Dach (German)
      - dach (Polish)
        
        дах (dax) (Ukrainian)
*þak (Proto-West Germanic)
- thak (Old Saxon)
  - dak (Middle Low German)
    - Dak (Low German)
      - Dack (German Low German)
þak (Old Norse)
- tag (Danish)
- tak (Faroese)
- þak (Icelandic)
- tak (Norwegian)
þak (Old Norse)
- þak (Old Swedish)
  - tak (Swedish)
dáhkki (Northern Sami)

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