Thatch Definition
- Edward Thatch
- blackbeard
- Edward Teach
- teach
- thatched roof
- rush thatch
- reed thatch
- straw roofing
- roof covering
- thatching
- thatch palm
Origin of Thatch
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Variant of thack, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering"), from Proto-Germanic *þakÄ… (“covering"), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *teg- (“cover"). Cognate with Dutch dak, German Dach, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe"), Lithuanian stogas (“roof").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English thacche alteration (influenced by thecchen, thacchen to thatch) (from Old English theccan to cover) of thak from Old English thæc (s)teg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English þeÄ‹Ä‹ean, from Proto-Germanic *þakjanÄ…. Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, German decken, Danish tække, Swedish täcka.
From Wiktionary
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