Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tīgô

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

From Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- ~ *deyǵʰ- (“tick”). Cognate with Middle Armenian տիզ (tiz, “tick”) and Middle Irish dega (“stag beetle”).

Noun

*tīgô m

tick (arachnid)

Inflection

Ablauting an-stem with Kluge's Law consonant alternations.

masculine an-stemDeclension of *tīgô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tīgô	*tīganiz
vocative	*tīgô	*tīganiz
accusative	*tīganų	*tikkunz
genitive	*tikkaz	*tikkǫ̂
dative	*tigini	*tigummiz
instrumental	*tikkē	*tikkamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tīk(k)ō
- Old English: ticia (for *tiica, *tīcca, or *ticca)
  - Middle English: tyke, teke
    - English: tick, tyke (“sheep-tick”)
    - Scots: tick
    - → Middle French: tique
      - French: tique
- Old Frisian: *tīkke, *tīke
  - North Frisian: teg f
  - Saterland Frisian: Tieke
  - West Frisian: tyk
- Old Saxon: *tikka, *tika
  - Middle Low German: tēke, tecke f
    - German Low German: Tieke, Tiek
- Old Dutch: *tika
  - Middle Dutch: teke, thecke (late; possibly borrowed from Low German)
    - Dutch: teek; tijg (dialectal)
- Old High German: zecho; zecha
  - Middle High German: zecke
    - Alemannic German: Zëche
    - German: Zecke
      - → German Low German: Zecke
  - → Italian: zecca