tetchy
English
/ˈtɛtʃi/
adj
Definitions
- Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible.
Etymology
Derived from Scots tache (fault, blotch) derived from Middle English tatch derived from Old French tache (stain, blemish, bolt, nail, spot) derived from Latin *tacca derived from Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sign, mark) derived from Proto-Indo-European *deik- (tell, guide, show).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deik-
Gloss
tell, guide, show
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
告
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betoken English
- foretoken English
- honeytoken English
- subtoken English
- tatch English
- tetchily English
- tetchiness English
- token English
- tokeneth English
- tokening English
- tokenisation English
- tokenism English
- tokenist English
- tokenistic English
- tokenization English
- tokenize English
- tokenless English
- tokenlike English
- tokenwise English
- *tacca Latin
- token Dutch, Flemish
- tache French
- taco Spanish, Castilian
- *deik- Proto-Indo-European
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *taiknaz Proto-Germanic
- *taikniz Proto-Germanic
- *taikną Proto-Germanic
- トークン Japanese
- tācn Old English
- tatch Middle English
- token Middle English
- tákn Old Norse
- tache Old French
- chata Galician
- tacha Galician
- tache Middle French
- 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *taikn gmw-pro
- Zacke Middle Low German
- tache Scots