thig

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*tek-“to receive”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þigjaną“to accept, receive, beg”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þiggjan
4. Old English · inherited fromþiċġan“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”
5. Middle English · inherited fromthiggen
6. English todaythig

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”).

Words from the same roots