Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikkô

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

Derived from *wikkōną (“to practice sorcery”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwik.kɔːː/

Noun

*wikkô m

A (male) witch; warlock; magician; sorcerer; wizard; spellcaster

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wikkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wikkô	*wikkaniz
vocative	*wikkô	*wikkaniz
accusative	*wikkanų	*wikkanunz
genitive	*wikkiniz	*wikkanǫ̂
dative	*wikkini	*wikkammaz
instrumental	*wikkinē	*wikkammiz

Related terms

*wikkǭ

Descendants

Old English: wicca, wiċċa
- Middle English: wikke, wicke, wicche
  - ⇒ Middle English: wikked, wikke
    - English: wicked
  - Scots: wik, wick, wiche, weche
  - English: witch
- → English: Wicca
(Old Frisian: wigila); (wīchelīe)
(Old Saxon: *wīhhileo, *wīhileo)
- (Middle Low German: wîchelîe)
Old High German: *wicko, *wihho
- Middle High German: wicker (< change of suffix to -er)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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