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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīk

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

Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“village”), displacing native *wīhs (“village, settlement”), from Proto-Germanic *wīhsą, both deriving from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”).

Noun

*wīk m or n[1]

  1. dwelling, village

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wīk
Genitive *wīkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wīk *wīkō, *wīkōs
Accusative *wīk *wīkā
Genitive *wīkas *wīkō
Dative *wīkē *wīkum
Instrumental *wīku *wīkum
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wīk
Genitive *wīkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wīk *wīku
Accusative *wīk *wīku
Genitive *wīkas *wīkō
Dative *wīkē *wīkum
Instrumental *wīku *wīkum

Descendants
  • Old English: wīċ n
    • Middle English: wic, wike, wyk, wych
  • Old Frisian: wīk f
    • West Frisian: wyk m or f
  • Old Saxon: wīk f
    • Middle Low German: wîk
  • Old Dutch: *wīc
    • Middle Dutch: wijc m
  • Old High German: wīh m
    • Middle High German: wīch
      • German: Weich (archaic or obsolete)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *wīk”
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