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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pīkaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Similar to the verb *pikkōną (“to pick, peck”) (or a secondary form of it), probably ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Vulgar Latin *picco (“I sting, strike”), which could be a borrowing or parallel formation.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiː.kɑz/
Noun
*pīkaz m
- sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *pīkaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *pīkaz | *pīkōz, *pīkōs | |
vocative | *pīk | *pīkōz, *pīkōs | |
accusative | *pīką | *pīkanz | |
genitive | *pīkas, *pīkis | *pīkǫ̂ | |
dative | *pīkai | *pīkamaz | |
instrumental | *pīkō | *pīkamiz |
Related terms
- *pikkōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *pīk
- Old English: pīc
- Middle English: pyke, pike, pyk (partially from Old French pike)
- English: pike
- Middle English: pyke, pike, pyk (partially from Old French pike)
- Old Dutch: *pīk
- >? Middle Dutch: pike m or f
- Dutch: piek
- >? Middle Dutch: pike m or f
- Old High German: *pīk
- German: Peik (dialectal)
- Old English: pīc
- Old Norse: pík
- Norwegian: pik
- Danish: pig
- Old Swedish: pīker
- Swedish: pik
- Gothic: *𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*peiks)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (peikabagms, “palm tree”)
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “piek”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute