tick
English
/tɪk/
noun
Definitions
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tyke inherited from Old English ticia (tick, parasitic animal) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tīkkô, *tīgô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tīgô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitick English
- back English
- backtick English
- backticked English
- bed English
- bedtick English
- bird English
- borne English
- detick English
- down English
- downtick English
- mark English
- megatick English
- newsticker English
- seed English
- tick mark English
- tick-trefoil English
- tickable English
- tickbird English
- tickborne English
- ticker English
- ticketh English
- tickle English
- ticklebrain English
- ticklee English
- ticklegrass English
- tickler English
- ticklesome English
- tickless English
- ticklest English
- tickleth English
- ticklish English
- tickly English
- tickseed English
- ticky English
- ticky box English
- trefoil English
- untick English
- uptick English
- Zecke German
- Zeckenbiss German
- Zeckenlarve German
- Zeckennymphe German
- zecca Italian
- schapenteek Dutch, Flemish
- teek Dutch, Flemish
- tekenpincet Dutch, Flemish
- tekentang Dutch, Flemish
- *tīgô Proto-Germanic
- *tīkkô Proto-Germanic
- ticia Old English
- tiklen Middle English
- tyke Middle English
- tikli Esperanto
- cecho Old High German
- zecko Old High German
- zeko Ido
- zecke Middle High German
- Zëche Alemannic German
- bed
- bird
- down
- seed
- back
- mark
- borne
- ticky
- ticker
- untick
- tickly
- uptick
- tickle
- detick
- ticketh
- trefoil
- bedtick
- ticklee
- tickler
- tickbird
- tickleth
- megatick
- tickless
- tickseed
- ticklest
- antitick
- ticklish
- backtick
- downtick
- tickable
- tickborne
- ticky box
- tick mark
- backticked
- newsticker
- ticklesome
- ticklebrain
- ticklegrass
- tick-trefoil