Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spīkō

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

From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“long, sharp”).

Noun

*spīkō f

a large nail, spike

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *spīkō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spīkō	*spīkôz
vocative	*spīkō	*spīkôz
accusative	*spīkǭ	*spīkōz
genitive	*spīkōz	*spīkǫ̂
dative	*spīkōi	*spīkōmaz
instrumental	*spīkō	*spīkōmiz

Related terms

*spaikō
*spīkaz
*spīkraz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *spīku
- Old Dutch: *spīka
  - Middle Dutch: *spike, *spijk
    - Dutch: spijk (dialectal)
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *spīking m
  - Old English: spīcing
    - Middle English: spikyng, spykyng
      - English: spiking (dialectal)
      - Scots: spyking, spikyn
  - Old Dutch: *spīking
    - Middle Dutch: spikinc
      - Dutch: spijking
Old Norse: spík
- Icelandic: spík
- Old Swedish: spīk (merged with descendant of Proto-Germanic *spīkaz)
  - Swedish: spik
- Danish: spig (merged with descendant of Proto-Germanic *spīkaz)
- → Middle English: spike, spyk
  - English: spike
  - Scots: spike

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