Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīk

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

From Proto-Germanic *sīką.

Noun

*sīk n[1]

  1. watercourse, brook

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *sīk
Genitive *sīkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *sīk *sīku
Accusative *sīk *sīku
Genitive *sīkas *sīkō
Dative *sīkē *sīkum
Instrumental *sīku *sīkum

Descendants

  • Old English: sīċ
  • Old Saxon: *sīk
  • ⇒ Old High German: gisīch

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *sīk”
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