Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stikkō

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

Alternative forms

  • *stekkō

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Germanic *stikkô; compare *stikkōn.[1]

    Noun

    *stikkō m

    1. stick, pole[2]

    Inflection

    Masculine an-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *stikkō
    Genitive *stikkini, *stikkan
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *stikkō *stikkan
    Accusative *stikkan *stikkan
    Genitive *stikkini, *stikkan *stikkanō
    Dative *stikkini, *stikkan *stikkum
    Instrumental *stikkini, *stikkan *stikkum

    Descendants

    • 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)

    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.