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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pikkōną

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

Unknown; from a stem *pikk-, of apparently imitative origin, + *-ōną. Compare Proto-Germanic *bikjaną.

Verb

*pikkōną

  1. to pick, peck, prick

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *pikk- against *pik-.

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *pikkōn
    • Old English: *piccian, *pīcian, pȳcan
    • Old Saxon: *pikkōn
    • Old Dutch: *pikken
    • Old High German: picchen
    • Vulgar Latin: *piccō (to strike, sting) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: pikka
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