Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tēkā

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

    Borrowed from Latin thēca.[1]

    Noun

    *tēkā f

    1. (Continental West Germanic) bedsheet, bedtick (cover for the bed)

    Inflection

    ōn-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *tēkā
    Genitive *tēkōn
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *tēkā *tēkōn
    Accusative *tēkōn *tēkōn
    Genitive *tēkōn *tēkōnō
    Dative *tēkōn *tēkōm, *tēkum
    Instrumental *tēkōn *tēkōm, *tēkum

    Descendants

    • Old Saxon: *tēka, *tīka
      • Middle Low German: têke, tīke
        • German Low German: Teek
    • Old Dutch: *tēka, tīka
    • Old High German: ziehha, ziahha, ziohha
      • Middle High German: ziech, zieche
        • Alemannic German: Ziech, Zieche
          Alsatian: Ziech, Zieche
          Swabian: Ziach
        • Bavarian: Ziach, Ziachn
          Cimbrian: ziach
        • Central Franconian: Zeich, Zeech
          Hunsrik: Ziegh
          Kölsch: Zeech
        • German: Zieche (dialectal)
        • Luxembourgish: Zich
        • Rhine Franconian: Ziech, Zeech
          Hessian: Zich, Zisch
          Palatine German: Zich, Ziech, Ziesch
          Pennsylvania German: Ziech
        • Vilamovian: cich, cih́
        • Yiddish: ציך (tsikh)

    References

    1. ^ Kerkhof, Peter Alexander (9 October 2019), Language, law and loanwords in early medieval Gaul: language contact and studies in Gallo-Romance phonology‎[1], Universiteit Leiden, page 109: “WGm. *tē²ka”.
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