Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tigā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Since Lidén usually connected with Old Armenian տիկ (tik, “wineskin”) and derived from Proto-Indo-European *déyk-s ~ *digʰ-é-s (“goat”),[1][2][3][4][5] but this is uncertain. See the Armenian word for more.

Noun

*tigā f

she-goat

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tigā
Genitive	*tigōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tigā	*tigōn
Accusative	*tigōn	*tigōn
Genitive	*tigōn	*tigōnō
Dative	*tigōn	*tigōm
Instrumental	*tigōn	*tigōm

Derived terms

*tikkīn

Descendants

Old High German: ziga
- Middle High German: zige, zege
  - German: Ziege
    - → Silesian: ciga
  - → Middle Low German: sēge, zēge, czēge, schēge, tzēge, tsegge, siege, ziege
    - German Low German: Zeeg
    - → Saterland Frisian: Sääge

References

Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 10–14
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) , “Proto-West Germanic/tigā”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 405–406
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 614
Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9) (in German), Vienna: Mechitharisten, pages 335–336
Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 61

[1] Lidén, Evald (1906) Armenische Studien (in German), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, pages 10–14

[2] Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) , “Proto-West Germanic/tigā”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 405–406

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 614

[4] Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9) (in German), Vienna: Mechitharisten, pages 335–336

[5] Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 61