thig

Meaning

Verb

• To beseech; supplicate; implore.
• To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
• To make supplication.
• To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
• To take alms.
• To crave; seek (a favour).

Origin

• From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan ("to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of"), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną ("to accept, receive, beg"), from Proto-Indo-European *tek-.
• 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").