# thig

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
2. To beg, borrow; cadge.
3. To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
4. To take alms.
5. To beseech; supplicate; implore.
6. To crave; seek (a favour).

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thig