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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikkô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from *wikkōną (“to practice sorcery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwik.kɔːː/
Noun
*wikkô m
- A (male) witch; warlock; magician; sorcerer; wizard; spellcaster
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *wikkô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *wikkô | *wikkaniz | |
| vocative | *wikkô | *wikkaniz | |
| accusative | *wikkanų | *wikkanunz | |
| genitive | *wikkiniz | *wikkanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wikkini | *wikkammaz | |
| instrumental | *wikkinē | *wikkammiz | |
Related terms
- *wikkǭ
Descendants
- Old English: wicca, wiċċa
- Middle English: wikke, wicke, wicche
- ⇒ Middle English: wikked, wikke
- English: wicked
- Scots: wik, wick, wiche, weche
- English: witch
- ⇒ Middle English: wikked, wikke
- → English: Wicca
- Middle English: wikke, wicke, wicche
- (Old Frisian: wigila); (wīchelīe)
- (Old Saxon: *wīhhileo, *wīhileo)
- (Middle Low German: wîchelîe)
- Old High German: *wicko, *wihho
- Middle High German: wicker (< change of suffix to -er)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN