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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tigā

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

Since Lidén usually connected with Old Armenian տիկ (tik, “wineskin”) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *déyk-s ~ *digʰ-é-s (“goat”),[1][2][3][4][5] but this is uncertain. See the Armenian word for more.

Noun

*tigā f

  1. she-goat

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *tigā
Genitive *tigōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *tigā *tigōn
Accusative *tigōn *tigōn
Genitive *tigōn *tigōnō
Dative *tigōn *tigōm, *tigum
Instrumental *tigōn *tigōm, *tigum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old High German: ziga

References
  1. Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 10–14
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 405–406
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 614
  4. Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9)‎ (in German), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 335–336
  5. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 61
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