Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūkā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *ūkkā

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“to wet; moisten”).

Noun

*ūkā f

1. toad, fire-bellied toad

   Synonyms: *krodu, *paddā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ūkā
Genitive	*ūkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ūkā	*ūkōn
Accusative	*ūkōn	*ūkōn
Genitive	*ūkōn	*ūkōnō
Dative	*ūkōn	*ūkōm, *ūkum
Instrumental	*ūkōn	*ūkōm, *ūkum

Derived terms

• *ūkijā

Descendants

• Old English: ȳċe f (< *ūkijā)
• Old Saxon: *ūkea
  • >? Middle Low German: ûtze
    • German Low German: Üütse
• Old High German: ūhha, ūcha
  • Middle High German: ūche, ouche, ouke, oucke
    • German: Eutze (archaic)
    • Bavarian: Hötsch

Further reading

• Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Unke”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 751