Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stikkô

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

Etymology

A deverbal formation from *stikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-.[1]

Noun

*stikkô m

  1. stick, pole[2]

Inflection

Declension of *stikkô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *stikkô *stikkaniz
vocative *stikkô *stikkaniz
accusative *stikkanų *stikkanunz
genitive *stikkiniz *stikkanǫ̂
dative *stikkini *stikkammaz
instrumental *stikkinē *stikkammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stikkō, *stekkō
    • Old English: sticca, *stecca
      • Middle English: stikke, sticke, stik
    • Old Frisian: *stikka, *stekka, stekk, stek
      • Saterland Frisian: Stikke
      • West Frisian: stikke
    • Old Saxon: stekko, stikko
    • Old Dutch: *stikko, *stekko
    • Old High German: stecko, steccho
      • Middle High German: stecke, steche
        • Alemannic German: Steche
          • Swabian: Schdägga
        • Bavarian: Schdagga, Schdägn, Stacka, Steckn
        • German: Stecken
        • Pennsylvania German: Schtecke
        • Rhine Franconian: Stecke
        • Yiddish: שטעקן (shtekn)
  • Old Norse: stikki

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*stik(k)on-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
  2. ^ stick, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2017.