Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tīkō

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

Possibly from Proto-Germanic an-stem paradigm *tīgô ~ *tikkaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *deigʰ-ō ~ *digʰ-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵʰ-, cognate with Middle Armenian տիզ (tiz, “tick”) and Middle Irish dega (“stag beetle”).

Noun

*tīkō m

tick

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tīkō
Genitive	tīkini, tīkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tīkō	*tīkan
Accusative	*tīkan	*tīkan
Genitive	tīkini, tīkan	*tīkanō
Dative	tīkini, tīkan	*tīkum
Instrumental	tīkini, tīkan	*tīkum

Alternative reconstructions

*tikkō, *tikō, *tīkijō, *tikkjō

Descendants

While the original stems are thought to be *tīk- and *tikk-, many descendants require a compromise form *tik-.

Old English: ticia (for *tiica, *tīcca, or *ticca)
- Middle English: tyke, teke
  - English: tick, tyke (“sheep-tick”)
  - Scots: tick
  - → Middle French: tique
    - French: tique
Old Frisian: *tīkke, *tīke
- North Frisian: teg f
- Saterland Frisian: Tieke
- West Frisian: tyk
Old Saxon: *tiko, *tikko
- Middle Low German: tēke, tecke f
  - German Low German: Tieke, Tiek
Old Dutch: *tiko, *tikko
- Middle Dutch: tēke, thecke (late; possibly borrowed from Low German)
  - Dutch: teek; tijg (dialectal)
Old High German: *zehho, *zecko (attested as cecho, which could be either form)
- Middle High German: zeche, zecke m or f
  - Alemannic German: Zëche
  - Central Franconian: Zeck, Zech, Zääch f
  - German: Zecke f
    - → German Low German: Zecke
- → Italian: zecca

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