English
thickneck
thick + neck
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- ‘to cover’
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Proto-Germanic *þekuz ‘thick’
Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī ‘thick’
Old English þicce ‘thick’
Middle English thikke ‘thick’
English thick
Proto-Germanic *hnakkô ‘nape’
Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō ‘nape’
Old English hnecca ‘back of the neck’
Middle English nekke ‘the neck’
English neck
Today it means
noun A thuggish enforcer; a goon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / thickneck