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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spik
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spiką.
Noun
*spik n[1]
- bacon
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *spik | |
| Genitive | *spikas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *spik | *spiku |
| Accusative | *spik | *spiku |
| Genitive | *spikas | *spikō |
| Dative | *spikē | *spikum |
| Instrumental | *spiku | *spikum |
Descendants
- Old English: spiċ
- Middle English: spik, spyk, spike, spich
- Scots: spick, spect
- English: speck
- Middle English: spik, spyk, spike, spich
- Old Frisian: spek
- Saterland Frisian: Späk
- West Frisian: spek
- Old Saxon: spek, spekk
- Middle Low German: spek, speck
- German Low German: Speck
- → Norwegian: spekk
- → Danish: spæk
- → Swedish: späck
- Middle Low German: spek, speck
- Old Dutch: spek
- Middle Dutch: spec
- Dutch: spek
- Middle Dutch: spec
- Old High German: spek, spec
- Middle High German: spëc
- German: Speck
- Luxembourgish: Speck
- Yiddish: שפּעק (shpek)
- Middle High German: spëc
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 *spi/ek”