Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīk

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 *sīką.

Noun

*sīk n[1]

watercourse, brook

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sīk
Genitive	*sīkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sīk	*sīku
Accusative	*sīk	*sīku
Genitive	*sīkas	*sīkō
Dative	*sīkē	*sīkum
Instrumental	*sīku	*sīkum

Descendants

Old English: sīċ
- Middle English: sych, syk, syke
  - English: sitch, sike
  - Scots: sike, syke
Old Saxon: *sīk
- Middle Low German: sīk
  - German Low German: Sieker
⇒ Old High German: gisīch

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 *sīk”

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[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 *sīk”