Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pīkaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pīkaz

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

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

1. sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *pīkaz (masculine a-stem)
	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
  • Old Dutch: *pīk
    • >? Middle Dutch: pike m or f
      • Dutch: piek
  • Old High German: *pīk
    • German: Peik (dialectal)
• Old Norse: pík
  • Norwegian: pik
  • Danish: pig
  • Old Swedish: pīker
    • Swedish: pik
• Gothic: *𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*peiks)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (peikabagms, “palm tree”)

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “piek”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute