Etymograph

English

Tyke

Tyke may come from Old Norse þýzkr ‘German’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350þýzkr‘German’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayTyke

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350þýzkr‘German’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayTyke

The story

Perhaps a derogatory nickname from Old Norse tík, 'bitch, female dog' (compare English tyke, Icelandic tík). Less likely to be from Old Norse þýzkr, 'of one's nation' or an Old English cognate (compare German deutsch, Swedish tysk).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- ‘to be strong’

butter, tumor, tomb, tumour, soma, truffle, tumultuous, tuff, trifle, tumult, tuber, tyrosine, turgid, tufa, 43 more

through Proto-Germanic *þeudō ‘people, tribe’

madrasa, 2 more

Today it means

name A dialect, also known as Yorkshire, spoken in the county of Yorkshire.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Norse þýzkr / Tyke

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