Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pīkaz

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 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

Similar to the verb *pikkōną (“to pick, peck”) (or a secondary form of it), probably ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Vulgar Latin *picco (“I sting, strike”), which could be a borrowing or parallel formation.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

*pīkaz m

  1. sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *pīkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *pīkaz *pīkōz, *pīkōs
vocative *pīk *pīkōz, *pīkōs
accusative *pīką *pīkanz
genitive *pīkas, *pīkis *pīkǫ̂
dative *pīkai *pīkamaz
instrumental *pīkō *pīkamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 292
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “piek”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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