Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikǭ
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₃weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”), with semantic shift "to bend, give way" > "to shift" > "sequence, week". See also *wīkwaną (“to yield, retreat”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*wikǭ f
Inflection
[edit]ōn-stemDeclension of *wikǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wikǭ | *wikōniz | |
vocative | *wikǭ | *wikōniz | |
accusative | *wikōnų | *wikōnunz | |
genitive | *wikōniz | *wikōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *wikōni | *wikōmaz | |
instrumental | *wikōnē | *wikōmiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *wikā
- Old Norse: vika
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō)
- → Proto-Samic:
- → Proto-Finnic: *viikko (see there for further descendants)