Etymograph

English

thig

Thig comes from Old English þiċġan ‘to take, receive, accept’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tek-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tek-‘to receive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þigjaną‘to accept, receive, beg’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þiggjan‘to accept, receive’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150þiċġan‘to take, receive, accept’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thiggen
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1800thig

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tek-‘to receive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þigjaną‘to accept, receive, beg’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þiggjan‘to accept, receive’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150þiċġan‘to take, receive, accept’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thiggen
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1800thig

Earliest quotation: 1800, Alexander Carmichael: “This is not second clothing. This cloth is not…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tek- ‘to receive’

check, toilet, chess, shah, 8 more

Today it means

verb To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tek- / thig

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