Proto-Germanic

*þaką

‘roof’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *þaką.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *þaką, most familiar first.

• deck ← dekken ← dekken ← thecken ← *þakkjan
• thatch ← thache ← þæc ← *þak
• thack ← thak ← þæc ← *þak

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þaką