Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dīk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dīkaz.

Noun

*dīk m[1]

earthwork

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dīk
Genitive	*dīkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dīk	dīkō, dīkōs
Accusative	*dīk	*dīkā
Genitive	*dīkas	*dīkō
Dative	*dīkē	*dīkum
Instrumental	*dīku	*dīkum

Descendants

Old English: dīc, dīċ
- Middle English: dic, dik, dich
  - Scots: dike, dyke
  - English: dike, ditch
Old Frisian: dīk
- North Frisian: dijck
- Saterland Frisian: Diek
- West Frisian: dyk
Old Saxon: dīk
- Middle Low German: dîk
  - German Low German: Diek
  - → German: Deich
  - → Estonian: tiik
Old Dutch: dīc
- Middle Dutch: dijc
  - Dutch: dijk
  - → Old French: diic, dike
    - Middle French: digue
      - French: digue
      - → Irish: díog
Old High German: dīh, *tīh
- Middle High German: tīch
  - German: Teich
  - Yiddish: טײַך‎ (taykh)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc (?) *dīk”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc (?) *dīk”