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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikkōną

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 Pre-Germanic *wik-néh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwik.kɔː.nɑ̃/[1]

Verb

*wikkōną

  1. (West Germanic) to practice sorcery

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wikkōn
    • Old English: wiccian, wiċċian
    • Old Frisian: *wikkia
      • West Frisian: wikje
    • Old Saxon: *wikkōn
    • Old Dutch: *wikkon
    • Old High German: *wikkōn, *wihhōn

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wikkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
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