Etymology

bethatch

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Today it means: To cover with thatch; to thatch. Full definition →

Middle English bithecchen ← Old English beþeċċan ← Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*biþakkjan
  2. Old English · inherited frombeþeċċan“to cover; protect; cover over; conceal”
  3. Middle English · inherited frombithecchen
  4. English todaybethatch

From Middle English bithecchen, from Old English beþeċċan (“to cover; protect; cover over; conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, equivalent to be- + thatch. Cognate with Dutch bedekken (“to cover”), German bedecken (“to cover”). More at its doublet bedeck. Alteration in vowel after Middle English perhaps due to thatch.

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