Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stiki

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 *stikiz.

Noun

*stiki m^[1]

prick, puncture

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stiki
Genitive	*stikī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stiki	*stikī
Accusative	*stiki	*stikī
Genitive	*stikī	*stikkjō
Dative	*stikī	stikim, stikkjum
Instrumental	*stikī	stikim, stikkjum

Derived terms

*stikkjan

Descendants

Old English: stiċe
- Middle English: stiche, stecche, steche, sticche, sticke, stych, styche, styk
  - English: stitch
  - Scots: steek, stick
Old Frisian: steke, stek
- Saterland Frisian: Stäk, Stääk
Old Saxon: stiki
- Middle Low German: stēke, stēk, stecke, stik
  - German Low German: Steek
Old Dutch: *stiki
- Middle Dutch: stēke
  - Dutch: steek
    - Afrikaans: steek
Old High German: stih
- Middle High German: stich
  - Alemannic German: Stich, Stuch
  - Central Franconian: Stech, Stöch, Stoch
    - Luxembourgish: Stach
  - German: Stich
    - → Saterland Frisian: Stik

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289: “PWGmc *stiki”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289: “PWGmc *stiki”

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