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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīcus. The sense of “inlet” likely arose by association with harbor towns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.kɔː/

Noun

*wīkō f

village, town
bay, inlet, fjord

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: wīc, wīċ
- Middle English: wik, wich
  - English: wick, -wick, wike, -wich
Old Frisian: wīk
- West Frisian: wyk
Old Saxon: wīk
- Middle Low German: wîk
Old Dutch: *wīk (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: wijc
  - Dutch: wijk
Old High German: wīh (“village”)
- Middle High German: wīch
  - ⇒ Middle High German: wīchbilde (after Middle Low German wîkbelde)
    - German: Weichbild
Old Norse: vík (“inlet, fjord”)
- Icelandic: vík
- Faroese: vík
- Norn: vik
- Norwegian: vik
- Swedish: vik
- Danish: vig
- Gutnish: vike, vika

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