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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dīk
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dīkaz.
Noun
*dīk m[1]
- earthwork
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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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
- Middle English: dic, dik, dich
- 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
- Middle Low German: dîk
- Old Dutch: dīc
- Middle Dutch: dijc
- Dutch: dijk
- → Old French: diic, dike
- Middle French: digue
- French: digue
- → Irish: díog
- Middle French: digue
- Middle Dutch: dijc
- Old High German: dīh, *tīh
- Middle High German: tīch
- German: Teich
- Yiddish: טײַך (taykh)
- Middle High German: tīch
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”