Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tikkīn

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 an original an-stem *tīgō ~ *tikki +‎ *-īn, whence *tigā.

Noun

*tikkīn n^[1]

kid, young goat
Synonym: *hōkīn

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tikkīn
Genitive	*tikkīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tikkīn	*tikkīnu
Accusative	*tikkīn	*tikkīnu
Genitive	*tikkīnas	*tikkīnō
Dative	*tikkīnē	*tikkīnum
Instrumental	*tikkīnu	*tikkīnum

Descendants

Old English: tiċċen, tyċċen
- Middle English: tichen, ticchen, tiche, tik-, tike-
  - English: tick, titch
  - Yola: titch, thick, tick
Old High German: zikkīn
- Middle High German: zickīn
  - Alemannic German: Seike
  - German: Zicke
  - Luxembourgish: Zéck
  - → Middle Low German: sicke, sicken, tzicken
    - German Low German: Zicki, Zickje
- ⇒ Middle High German: zickelīn, zickel
  - German: Zicklein, Zickel
  - → Middle Low German: sickelîn, tzickelîn, sickelen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *tikkīn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *tikkīn”

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