þaccian - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Proto-West Germanic *þakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to touch, touch softly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”).

Cognate with Old Saxon thakolōn (“to stroke, caress”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō (“to touch”). More at thwack, tangent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɑk.ki.ɑn/

þaccian

1. to touch softly, stroke
2. to pat
3. to strike gently, tap; to clap
4. to beat
5. to put one thing into another, add to

• Middle English: thakken
  • Scots: thack, thwak
  • English: thack, thwack