tichen

Middle English

Alternative forms

ticchen

Etymology

From Old English tiċċen (“goatling”) from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn; equivalent to tik- +‎ -chen from Old English -ċen, double diminutive suffix from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz + *-īną.

Noun

tichen (plural tichenes)

a young goat; goatling; kid

Descendants

English: tick

References

“tichen n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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