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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