Etymology

deck

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Today it means: Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. Full definition →

Middle English dekke ← Middle Dutch dec ← Old Dutch thecken
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deck · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*þaką
  3. Proto-Germanic*þakjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan
  5. Old Dutchthecken
  6. Middle Dutchdeckendeverb.
  7. Middle Dutchdec
  8. Middle Englishdekke
  9. English todaydeck

From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.

deck · verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*þakjaną“to roof; cover”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*þakkjan
  3. Old Dutch · derived fromthecken
  4. Middle Dutch · derived fromdekken“to cover”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromdekken
  6. English todaydeck

From Middle English dekken, from Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”), from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to roof; cover”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan all →

thatch

Proto-Germanic*þakjaną all →

thatch

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.