Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spīkō

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

Orel notes similarities to Latin spīcus (“pin”);[1] the word seems to derive from Proto-Indo-European *speyg-, a *g-extension of *spey- (“long, sharp”).[2]

Noun

*spīkō f[1]

  1. a large nail, spike

Inflection

Declension of *spīkō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spīkō *spīkôz
vocative *spīkō *spīkôz
accusative *spīkǭ *spīkōz
genitive *spīkōz *spīkǫ̂
dative *spīkōi *spīkōmaz
instrumental *spīkō *spīkōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *spīku
    • Old Dutch: *spīka
      • Middle Dutch: *spike, *spijk
        • Dutch: spijk (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *spīking m
      • Old English: spīcing
        • Middle English: spikyng, spykyng
          • English: spiking (dialectal)
          • Scots: spyking, spikyn
      • Old Dutch: *spīking
        • Middle Dutch: spikinc
          • Dutch: spijking
  • Old Norse: spík

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spīkō ~ *spīkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “spīca”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 580
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