Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wikkō

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 *wikkōn (“to practice sorcery”) +‎ *-ō.

Noun

*wikkō m

sorcerer, warlock

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wikkō
Genitive	wikkini, wikkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wikkō	*wikkan
Accusative	*wikkan	*wikkan
Genitive	wikkini, wikkan	*wikkanō
Dative	wikkini, wikkan	*wikkum
Instrumental	wikkini, wikkan	*wikkum

Related terms

*wikkā

Descendants

Old English: wicca, wiċċa
- Middle English: wikke, wicke, wicche
  - ⇒ Middle English: wikked, wikke
    - English: wicked
  - Scots: wik, wick, wiche, weche
  - English: witch
- → English: Wicca
(Old Frisian: wigila); (wīchelīe)
(Old Saxon: *wīhhileo, *wīhileo)
- (Middle Low German: wîchelîe)
Old High German: *wicko, *wihho
- Middle High German: wicker (< change of suffix to -er)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN