thatch

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From thatch.

Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”). Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”), Welsh to (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.

From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þeċċan, þeċċean (“to cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to cover”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“cover, covering”, noun) (see above). Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, German decken, Danish tække, Swedish täcka. Alteration of vowel after Middle English perhaps due to the above noun.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: উলূ (ulu) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Assamese: শৰণ খেৰ (xoron kher) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Assamese: ঘৰছোৱা বন (ghorsüa bon) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Big Nambas: neiet — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Bulgarian: сламен покрив (slamen pokriv) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Catalan: sostre de palla — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Chinese Mandarin: 茅草 (máocǎo) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Cornish: sowl — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Czech: došek — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Danish: halm — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Faroese: tekingarhálmur — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Faroese: tekingartilfar — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Finnish: olki — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• French: chaume — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Galician: colmo — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Galician: colmadura — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Georgian: ლერწმის სახურავი (lerc̣mis saxuravi) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Georgian: ჩალის სახურავი (čalis saxuravi) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• German: Reet — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• German: Dachstroh — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Greek: αχυροσκεπή (achyroskepí) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Hawaiian: ako — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Hungarian: zsúp — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Irish: tuí — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Korean: 이엉 (ieong) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Macedonian: слама (slama) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Macedonian: сламен покрив (slamen pokriv) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Malay: atap — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Māori: ato — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Māori: rauwhare — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Māori: raurau — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Middle English: thak — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Middle English: yelm — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Mongolian: сүрэл (sürel) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Mongolian: зэгс (zegs) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Norwegian: halm — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Occitan: clujada — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Old English: þæc — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Persian: گالی (gâli) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Persian: کلش (kolaš) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Polish: strzecha — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Polish: słoma — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Portuguese: colmo — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Romanian: stuf — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Russian: соло́ма (solóma) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Scots: theek — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Scottish Gaelic: tughadh — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Sicilian: pagghia — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Spanish: techo de paja — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Spanish: tejado de paja — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Swedish: halm — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Tày: cà — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Thai: คา (kaa) — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Vietnamese: tranh — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Welsh: gwellt — straw for covering roofs or stacks
• Chinese Mandarin: 用茅草覆盖屋顶 — cover with thatch
• Cornish: sowlenna — cover with thatch
• Danish: tække — cover with thatch
• Faroese: tekja — cover with thatch
• Finnish: kattaa oljilla — cover with thatch
• French: couvrir de chaume — cover with thatch
• Galician: teitar — cover with thatch
• Galician: colmar — cover with thatch
• Hawaiian: ako — cover with thatch
• Latin: cōnsternō — cover with thatch
• Māori: inaki — cover with thatch
• Māori: tāpatu — cover with thatch
• Māori: nati — cover with thatch
• Māori: ato — cover with thatch
• Māori: whakarauwhare — cover with thatch
• Mongolian: зэгс (zegs) — cover with thatch
• Norman: glyi — cover with thatch
• Persian: گالیپوش کردن (gâli-puš kardan) — cover with thatch
• Portuguese: colmar — cover with thatch
• Quechua: wayllay — cover with thatch
• Samoan: ato — cover with thatch
• Scottish Gaelic: tugh — cover with thatch
• Welsh: toi (â gwellt) — cover with thatch
• Welsh: rhoi to gwellt — cover with thatch