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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Germanic an-stem paradigm *tīgô ~ *tikkaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *deigʰ-ō ~ *digʰ-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵʰ-, cognate with Middle Armenian տիզ (tiz, “tick”) and Middle Irish dega (“stag beetle”).
Noun
*tīkō m
- tick
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*tīkō
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| Genitive
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*tīkini, *tīkan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*tīkō
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*tīkan
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| Accusative
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*tīkan
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*tīkan
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| Genitive
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*tīkini, *tīkan
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*tīkanō
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| Dative
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*tīkini, *tīkan
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*tīkum
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| Instrumental
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*tīkini, *tīkan
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*tīkum
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Alternative reconstructions
- *tikkō, *tikō, *tīkijō, *tikkjō
Descendants
While the original stems are thought to be *tīk- and *tikk-, many descendants require a compromise form *tik-.
- Old English: ticia (for *tiica, *tīcca, or *ticca)
- Old Frisian: *tīkke, *tīke
- North Frisian: teg f
- Saterland Frisian: Tieke
- West Frisian: tyk
- Old Saxon: *tiko, *tikko
- Middle Low German: tēke, tecke f
- Low German: Tieke
- German Low German: Tieke, Tiek, Teek
- Old Dutch: *tiko, *tikko
- Middle Dutch: tēke, thecke (late; possibly borrowed from Low German)
- Dutch: teek; tijg (dialectal)
- Old High German: *zehho, *zecko (attested as cecho, which could be either form)
- Middle High German: zeche, zecke m or f
- Alemannic German: Zëche
- Central Franconian: Zeck, Zech, Zääch f
- German: Zecke f
- → German Low German: Zecke
- → Italian: zecca