Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīkwaną

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.

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *wéygeti. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬘𐬀𐬧𐬙 (vaējaṇt, “swinging”, present participle), Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō, “to give way”), Tocharian B viśäṃ (“should stay away”, subjunctive). From root *weyg- (“to start moving; to distance oneself”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.kʷɑ.nɑ̃/

*wīkwaną^[2]

1. to yield, cease, fold
2. to retreat

• *wīkaną^[3][4]

• *waikwaz (“weak”)
• *waikwijaną (“to weaken”)
• *wikwinōną
  • Old Norse: vikna (“to give way”)
• *wikwą
  • Old Norse: *vik (“bend, angle”)
    • Icelandic: vik (“small favour”)
    • Faroese: vik (“little bend”)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vik (“small deviation”)
    • Swedish: veck (“fold”)
    • Danish: vig
    • → Middle English: wike, wyke
      • English: wike, wick (“corner”)
      • Scots: wick

• Proto-West Germanic: *wīkwan (“to yield”)
  • Old English: wīcan
    • Middle English: wiken
      • English: wick (“to strike aslant”)
      • Scots: wick
  • Old Frisian: wīka
    • Saterland Frisian: wieke
    • West Frisian: wike, wyke
  • Old Saxon: wīkan
    • Middle Low German: wîken
      • German Low German: wieken
  • Old Dutch: *wīcan
    • Middle Dutch: wiken
      • Dutch: wijken
        • Afrikaans: wyk
      • Limburgish: wieke
  • Old High German: wīhhan
    • Middle High German: wīchen
      • Cimbrian: baichan
      • German: weichen
• Old Norse: ýkva, víkva, víkja (“to turn, move”)
  • Icelandic: víkja (“to yield”)
  • Faroese: víkja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vike
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vike
  • Old Swedish: vīka
    • Swedish: vika, vik
  • Danish: vige