Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swiką

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

From Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to bend, twist, turn (aside), sway, swerve, dodge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswi.kɑ̃/

Noun

*swiką n

deceit; deception; trickery

Inflection

Declension of *swiką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swiką	*swikō
vocative	*swiką	*swikō
accusative	*swiką	*swikō
genitive	swikas, swikis	*swikǫ̂
dative	*swikai	*swikamaz
instrumental	*swikō	*swikamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *swik
- Old English: swic
  - Middle English: swic, swik
    - Scots: swick
- Old High German: *swih (in compounds: āswih, biswih)
  - Middle High German: beswich
Old Norse: svik
- Icelandic: svik
- Faroese: svik
- Norwegian: svik
- Old Swedish: svik
  - Swedish: svek
- Old Danish: svigh
  - Danish: svig
  - → Middle Low German: swich, swik, swick
→ Proto-Finnic: *vika
- Estonian: viga
- Finnish: vika
  - → Northern Sami: vihki
- Ingrian: vika
- Karelian: vika (Northern), viga (Southern)
- Livonian: vigā, viga
- Livvi: viga
- Ludian: viga
- Veps: viga
- Võro: viga
- Votic: vika
→ Proto-Samic: *vëkē
- Eastern Samic:
  - Inari Sami: vahe
  - Skolt Sami: vââʹǩǩ
  - Kildin Sami: вагкь (vagk’)