Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þek

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *te-ge.[1][2] Compare *mek and *sek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θek/

Pronoun

*þek

  1. accusative of *þū

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þek
  • Old Norse: þik
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌿𐌺 (þuk) (with analogical vowel)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 211: “the PIE clitic forms plus the PIE particle *-ge”
  2. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 282: “*t(u̯)é ge”
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