þykkr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • þjokkr, þjukkr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þekuz, whence also Old English þicce, Old Saxon thikki, Old Frisian thikke, Old High German dicki. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (thick).

Adjective

þykkr (comparative þykkvari, superlative þykkvastr)

  1. thick

Declension

Derived terms

  • þjokkliga (frequently, often)
  • þykkleikr m (thickness)
  • þykkleitr (chubby-faced)
  • þykkliga (proudly, sulkily)
  • þykkmikill (very thick (of weather))
  • þykkna (to thicken)
  • þykkrǫggvaðr (thick-furred)
  • þykksettr (thick-set)
  • þykkskipaðr (thickly manned)
  • þykkskýjaðr (thick-clouded)
  • þykkvarraðr (thick-lipped)
  • þykkvaxinn (thick-set, stout of growth)
  • þykt f (thickness, denseness)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þykkur
  • Faroese: tjúkkur, tjukkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjukk, tykk
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tjukk
  • Old Swedish: thiokker, thiukker
  • Old Danish: thyk, thiuk, thiok
    • Danish: tyk
      • Norwegian Bokmål: tykk
  • Elfdalian: tiokk
  • Jamtish: tjukk
  • Gutnish: tjåkkar
  • Scanian: tjykker
  • Finnish: tykky (thick snow on trees)
  • Karelian: tykky

References

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