Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikkô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *wikkōną (“to practice sorcery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwik.kɔːː/

Noun

*wikkô m

1. A (male) witch; warlock; magician; sorcerer; wizard; spellcaster

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wikkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wikkô	*wikkaniz
vocative	*wikkô	*wikkaniz
accusative	*wikkanų	*wikkanunz
genitive	*wikkiniz	*wikkanǫ̂
dative	*wikkini	*wikkammaz
instrumental	*wikkinē	*wikkammiz

Related terms

• *wikkǭ

Descendants

• Old English: wicca, wiċċa
  • Middle English: wikke, wicke, wicche
    • ⇒ Middle English: wikked, wikke
      • English: wicked
    • Scots: wik, wick, wiche, weche
    • English: witch
  • → English: Wicca
• (Old Frisian: wigila); (wīchelīe)
• (Old Saxon: *wīhhileo, *wīhileo)
  • (Middle Low German: wîchelîe)
• Old High German: *wicko, *wihho
  • Middle High German: wicker (< change of suffix to -er)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN