Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kikerā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cicera, cicer (“chickpea”).[1]

Noun

*kikerā f

  1. chickpea
    Synonym: *kikerarwīt

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *kikerā
Genitive *kikerōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kikerā *kikerōn
Accusative *kikerōn *kikerōn
Genitive *kikerōn *kikerōnō
Dative *kikerōn *kikerōm, *kikerum
Instrumental *kikerōn *kikerōm, *kikerum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: kekera
  • Old Dutch: *kikera
  • Old High German: kihhira, kihhura, kehhera
    • Middle High German: kicher
      • German: Kicher

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “keker”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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