ticht
Scots
adj
Definitions
- tight
- impervious; impenetrable
- In good condition (without damage or holes)
- neat; trim
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thyght inherited from Old English *þīht borrowed from Old Norse þéttr (tight, watertight, thick, dense) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *tenkt- (dense, thick, tight).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tenkt-
Gloss
dense, thick, tight
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
厚
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airtight English
- gastight English
- light-tight English
- oiltight English
- overtight English
- raintight English
- skintight English
- smoketight English
- steamtight English
- sticktight English
- supertight English
- tight English
- tight-fisted English
- tight-knit English
- tight-lipped English
- tightass English
- tightbeam English
- tighten English
- tighter English
- tighthead English
- tightish English
- tightknit English
- tightlacer English
- tightlacing English
- tightly English
- tightness English
- tightrope English
- tightsome English
- tightwad English
- tightwire English
- tighty whities English
- ultratight English
- watertight English
- weathertight English
- windtight English
- dicht German
- tight Italian
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- *tenkt- Proto-Indo-European
- tett Norwegian Bokmål
- *þinhtaz Proto-Germanic
- tät Swedish
- tett Norwegian Nynorsk
- *þīht Old English
- thyght Middle English
- tight Middle English
- þéttr Old Norse
- tight Danish
- tæt Danish
- þéttur Icelandic
- *dīhti Old High German
- tayt Turkish
- tættur Faroese
- *thīht Old Dutch
- dicht(e), dichte Middle Low German
- tjett Westrobothnian
- ticht Old Frisian