Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīkō

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

Alternative forms

*wīks (consonant stem) (early)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, curve”), perhaps from earlier *wīks.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.kɔː/

Noun

*wīkō f

bay, inlet, fjord

Inflection

Declension of *wīkō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wīkō	*wīkôz
vocative	*wīkō	*wīkôz
accusative	*wīkǭ	*wīkōz
genitive	*wīkōz	*wīkǫ̂
dative	*wīkōi	*wīkōmaz
instrumental	*wīkō	*wīkōmiz

Related terms

*wikwą
*wīkwaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wīku, *wīk
- Old English: wīc
- Old Frisian: wīk
  - Saterland Frisian: Wieke
  - West Frisian: wyk
- Old Saxon: *wīka, *wīk
  - Middle Low German: wîk, wike
    - German Low German: Wieke, Wiek
- Old Dutch: *wīk
  - Middle Dutch: wijc, wijk
    - Dutch: wijk
Old Norse: vík (“inlet, fjord”)
- Icelandic: vík
- Faroese: vík
- Norn: vik
- Norwegian Bokmål: vik
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vik
- Swedish: vik
- Danish: vig
- Gutnish: vike, vika
- → Middle English: *wik
  - Early Scots: weike
    - Scots: wick (“bay”)
  - English: wick (“bay”)