Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikkōną
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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
From earlier paradigm *wikkōþi ~ *wigunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *wik-nā́-ti ~ *wik-un-ánti, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to separate (out as holy)”).[1][2]
Verb
- (West Germanic) to practice sorcery
Inflection
Conjugation of *wikkōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wikkōn, *wikkijōn
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wikkōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 de Vaan, Michiel (2020) “wichelen”, in Digitale Etymologieën: Toevoegingen bij het Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, page 153: “*wiknōn- > *wikkōn-”