Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flikkiją

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 *flekkaz +‎ *-ją.

Noun

*flikkiją n

piece of meat
side of bacon; flitch

Inflection

Declension of *flikkiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*flikkiją	*flikkijō
vocative	*flikkiją	*flikkijō
accusative	*flikkiją	*flikkijō
genitive	flikkijas, flikkīs	*flikkijǫ̂
dative	*flikkijai	*flikkijamaz
instrumental	*flikkijō	*flikkijamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *flikkī
- Old English: fliċċe
  - Middle English: flicche
    - English: flitch
    - Scots: fleech
- Old Saxon: *flikki
  - Middle Low German: vlicke f; vlek, vlecke m or n
    - → Middle High German: vlecke, vlec m (“piece of skin, webbed membrane, piece of entrails, tripe”)
- Old Dutch: *flikki
  - Middle Dutch: vlicke, vlecke, vlec n
    - Dutch: vlik, vlek (dialectal)
    - → Picard Old French: flec
      - Middle French: fleche f (merged with Old French fliche from Old Norse flikki)
        French: flèche
Old Norse: flikki
- Icelandic: flikki
- Faroese: flikki
- → Middle English: flikke, flykke
  - English: flick (dialectal)
  - Scots: flake
- → Old French: fliche
- → Norman: flique
→ Proto-Finnic: *liikkijo (see there for further descendants)