Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikkōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *wik-néh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwik.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wikkōną

1. to practice sorcery

Inflection

Conjugation of *wikkōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wikkō	*wikkǭ	—	*wikkōi	*?
2nd singular	*wikkōsi	*wikkōs	*wikkō	*wikkōsai	*wikkōsau
3rd singular	*wikkōþi	*wikkō	*wikkōþau	*wikkōþai	*wikkōþau
1st dual	*wikkōs	*wikkōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wikkōþiz	*wikkōþiz	*wikkōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wikkōmaz	*wikkōm	—	*wikkōnþai	*wikkōnþau
2nd plural	*wikkōþ	*wikkōþ	*wikkōþ	*wikkōnþai	*wikkōnþau
3rd plural	*wikkōnþi	*wikkōn	*wikkōnþau	*wikkōnþai	*wikkōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wikkōdǭ	*wikkōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wikkōdēz	*wikkōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wikkōdē	*wikkōdēdī
1st dual	*wikkōdēdū	*wikkōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wikkōdēdudiz	*wikkōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wikkōdēdum	*wikkōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wikkōdēdud	*wikkōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wikkōdēdun	*wikkōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wikkōndz	*wikkōdaz

Derived terms

• *wikkô
• *wikkǭ

Related terms

• *wigalaz
• *wīhaz

Descendants

• Old English: wiccian, wiċċian
  • Middle English: wicchen
    • English: witch
    • Scots: wich, wech, witch
• Old Saxon: *wikkōn
  • Middle Low German: wicken
    • German Low German: wicken
• Old Dutch: *wikkon
  • Middle Dutch: wicken
    • Dutch: wikken
• Old High German: *wikkōn, *wihhōn
  • Middle High German: wicken
    • German: wicken (obsolete)

References

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