Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spik

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 *spiką.

Noun

*spik n^[1]

bacon

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spik
Genitive	*spikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spik	*spiku
Accusative	*spik	*spiku
Genitive	*spikas	*spikō
Dative	*spikē	*spikum
Instrumental	*spiku	*spikum

Descendants

Old English: spiċ
- Middle English: spik, spyk, spike, spich
  - Scots: spick, spect
  - English: speck
Old Frisian: spek
- Saterland Frisian: Späk
- West Frisian: spek
Old Saxon: spek, spekk
- Middle Low German: spek, speck
  - German Low German: Speck
  - → Norwegian: spekk
  - → Danish: spæk
  - → Swedish: späck
Old Dutch: spek
- Middle Dutch: spec
  - Dutch: spek
Old High German: spek, spec
- Middle High German: spëc
  - German: Speck
  - Luxembourgish: Speck
  - Yiddish: שפּעק (shpek)

References

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

[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 *spi/ek”

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