Etymology

sundeck

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Today it means: An area on a ship's deck or on the roof of a house used for sunbathing. Full definition →

English deck ← Middle English dekke ← Middle Dutch dec
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*sunnô
  3. Proto-Germanic*sunnǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sunnā
  5. Old Englishsunne
  6. Middle Englishsonne
  7. Englishsun
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*þaką
  10. Proto-Germanic*þakjaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan
  12. Old Dutchthecken
  13. Middle Dutchdeckendeverb.
  14. Middle Dutchdec
  15. Middle Englishdekke
  16. Englishdeck
  17. English todaysundeck

From sun + deck.

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