Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīką

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

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *seygʷ-, variant of *seykʷ- (“to pour out; gush; stream; flow; trickle”) (whence *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”) and *saiwiz (“sea”)), from *sey- (“to be wet; dribble; run”), but the delabialization would be unexpected.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.kɑ̃/

Noun

*sīką n

trickling water; a dribble
a slow brook
Synonyms: *bakiz, *brunnô, *lōkiz
a marshy place
Synonyms: *fanją, *strōduz, *sumpaz, *swambaz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sīką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīką	*sīkō
vocative	*sīką	*sīkō
accusative	*sīką	*sīkō
genitive	sīkas, sīkis	*sīkǫ̂
dative	*sīkai	*sīkamaz
instrumental	*sīkō	*sīkamiz

Related terms

*saikaz
*sīganą
*sīkrōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sīk
- Old English: sīċ
  - Middle English: sych, syk, syke
    - English: sitch, sike
    - Scots: sike, syke
- Old Saxon: *sīk
  - Middle Low German: sīk
    - German Low German: Sieker
- ⇒ Old High German: gisīch
Old Norse: sík
- Icelandic: sík; síki
- Norwegian: sik; sike
- Swedish: sik
- → Middle English: sike, syke
  - Scots: syke
  - English: sike

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