Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stikkô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

    A deverbal formation from *stikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstik.kɔːː/
    • Rhymes: -ik.kɔːː

    Noun

    *stikkô m

    1. stick, pole[2]

    Inflection

    Declension of *stikkô (masculine an-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *stikkô *stikkaniz
    vocative *stikkô *stikkaniz
    accusative *stikkanų *stikkanunz
    genitive *stikkiniz *stikkanǫ̂
    dative *stikkini *stikkammaz
    instrumental *stikkinē *stikkammiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *stikkō, *stekkō
      • Old English: sticca, *stecca
        • Middle English: stikke, sticke, stik
      • Old Frisian: *stikka, *stekka, stekk, stek
        • Saterland Frisian: Stikke
        • West Frisian: stikke
      • Old Saxon: stekko, stikko
      • Old Dutch: *stikko, *stekko
      • Old High German: stecko, steccho
        • Middle High German: stecke, steche
          • Alemannic German: Steche
            • Swabian: Schdägga
          • Bavarian: Schdagga, Schdägn, Stacka, Steckn
          • German: Stecken
          • Pennsylvania German: Schtecke
          • Rhine Franconian: Stecke
          • Yiddish: שטעקן (shtekn)
    • Old Norse: stikki

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*stik(k)on-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 479
    2. ^ stick, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2017.