Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīką

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *seygʷ-, *seykʷ- (“to pour out; gush; stream; flow; trickle”), from *sey- (“to be wet; dribble; run”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.kɑ̃/

Noun

*sīką n

trickling water; a dribble
a slow brook
a marshy place

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sīką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīką	*sīkō
vocative	*sīką	*sīkō
accusative	*sīką	*sīkō
genitive	sīkas, sīkis	*sīkǫ̂
dative	*sīkai	*sīkamaz
instrumental	*sīkō	*sīkamiz

Related terms

*saikaz
*sīganą
*sīkrōną

Descendants

Old English: sīċ
- Middle English: sich, sych
  - English: sitch
Old Saxon: *sīk
- Middle Low German: sīk
  - German Low German: Sieker
Old High German: seih; gisīch
- Middle High German: seich
  - German: Seich
Old Norse: sík
- Icelandic: sík; síki
- Norwegian: sik; sike
- Swedish: sik
- Middle English: sike, syke
  - Scots: syke
  - English: sike