Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīką

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

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *seygʷ-, variant of *seykʷ- (“to pour out; gush; stream; flow; trickle”) (whence *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”) and *saiwiz (“sea”)), from *sey- (“to be wet; dribble; run”), but the delabialization would be unexpected.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.kɑ̃/

Noun

*sīką n

1. trickling water; a dribble
2. a slow brook

   Synonyms: *bakiz, *brunnô, *lōkiz

3. a marshy place

   Synonyms: *fanją, *strōduz, *sumpaz, *swambaz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sīką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīką	*sīkō
vocative	*sīką	*sīkō
accusative	*sīką	*sīkō
genitive	*sīkas, *sīkis	*sīkǫ̂
dative	*sīkai	*sīkamaz
instrumental	*sīkō	*sīkamiz

Related terms

• *saikaz
• *sīganą
• *sīkrōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sīk
  • 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
• Old Norse: sík
  • Icelandic: sík; síki
  • Norwegian: sik; sike
  • Swedish: sik
  • → Middle English: sike, syke
    • Scots: syke
    • English: sike