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

1. 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

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”)