Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tīkō

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

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.kɔː/

Noun

*tīkō f

bitch (female dog)
Synonyms: *bikjǭ, *tauhǭ, *tibō

Inflection

Declension of *tīkō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tīkō	*tīkôz
vocative	*tīkō	*tīkôz
accusative	*tīkǭ	*tīkōz
genitive	*tīkōz	*tīkǫ̂
dative	*tīkōi	*tīkōmaz
instrumental	*tīkō	*tīkōmiz

Related terms

*tigǭ (“she-goat”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tīku
- Old Saxon: *tīka
  - Middle Low German: *tîke, tike
    - → Dutch: tike (dialectal)
    - → West Frisian: tike, tik
    - >? Dutch: toeke
    - >? West Frisian: tûke, tuke, tuike
    - >? German: Zucke
Old Norse: tík
- Icelandic: tík
- Faroese: tík
- Norwegian: tik
- Swedish: tik
- Old Danish: tig
- Middle English: tike, tyke
  - English: tyke
  - Scots: tyke
→ Proto-Samic: *tijkkō (see there for further descendants)