Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stikiz

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

Zero-grade i-stem derived from *stikaną (“to stick”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsti.kiz/

Noun

*stikiz m

a sticking, prick

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *stikiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stikiz	*stikīz
vocative	*stiki	*stikīz
accusative	*stikį	*stikinz
genitive	*stikīz	*stikjǫ̂
dative	*stikī	*stikimaz
instrumental	*stikī	*stikimiz

Derived terms

*stiklaz
- Old High German: stehhal (“goblet”)
- Old Norse: stikill (“pointed end of the horn”)
  - Icelandic: stikill
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *stiki
- Old English: stiċe
  - Middle English: stiche, stecche, steche, sticche, sticke, stych, styche, styk
    - English: stitch
    - Scots: steek, stick
- Old Frisian: steke, stek
  - Saterland Frisian: Stäk, Stääk
- Old Saxon: stiki
  - Middle Low German: stēke, stēk, stecke, stik
    - German Low German: Steek
- Old Dutch: *stiki
  - Middle Dutch: stēke
    - Dutch: steek
      - Afrikaans: steek
- Old High German: stih
  - Middle High German: stich
    - Alemannic German: Stich, Stuch
    - Central Franconian: Stech, Stöch, Stoch
      - Luxembourgish: Stach
    - German: Stich
      - → Saterland Frisian: Stik
Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐍃 (stiks)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*stikiz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*stikiz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378

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