Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flikkī

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flikkiją, from Proto-Germanic *flekkaz (“piece, fleck”).

Noun

*flikkī n

1. side of bacon

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*flikkī
Genitive	*flikkijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*flikkī	*flikkiju
Accusative	*flikkī	*flikkiju
Genitive	*flikkijas	*flikkijō
Dative	*flikkijē	*flikkijum
Instrumental	*flikkiju	*flikkijum

Descendants

• Old English: fliċċe
  • Middle English: flicche
    • English: flitch
    • Scots: fleech
• Old Saxon: *flikki
  • Middle Low German: vlicke f; vlek, vlecke m or n
• Old Dutch: *flikki
  • Middle Dutch: vlicke, vlecke, vlec n
    • Dutch: vlik, vlek (dialectal)
    • → Picard Old French: flec
      • Middle French: fleche f (merged with Old French fliche from Old Norse flikki)
        • French: flèche