Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tēkā

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

Borrowed from Latin thēca.^[1]

Noun

*tēkā f

(Continental West Germanic) bedsheet, bedtick (cover for the bed)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tēkā
Genitive	*tēkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tēkā	*tēkōn
Accusative	*tēkōn	*tēkōn
Genitive	*tēkōn	*tēkōnō
Dative	*tēkōn	tēkōm, tēkum
Instrumental	*tēkōn	tēkōm, tēkum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *tēka, *tīka
- Middle Low German: têke, tīke
  - German Low German: Teek
Old Dutch: *tēka, tīka
- Middle Dutch: têke, tīke
  - Dutch: tijk
    - Afrikaans: tyk
  - Limburgish: teek
  - Bergish: Tiek
- → Middle English: tykke (late)
  - English: tick
  - Scots: tike
- → West Frisian: teek, tiik
Old High German: ziehha, ziahha, ziohha
- Middle High German: ziech, zieche
  - Alemannic German: Ziech, Zieche
    Alsatian: Ziech, Zieche
    
    Swabian: Ziach
  - Bavarian: Ziach, Ziachn
    Cimbrian: ziach
  - Central Franconian: Zeich, Zeech
    Hunsrik: Ziegh
    
    Kölsch: Zeech
  - German: Zieche (dialectal)
  - Luxembourgish: Zich
  - Rhine Franconian: Ziech, Zeech
    Hessian: Zich, Zisch
    
    Palatine German: Zich, Ziech, Ziesch
    
    Pennsylvania German: Ziech
  - Vilamovian: cich, cih́
  - Yiddish: ציך (tsikh)

References

^ Kerkhof, Peter Alexander (2019 October 9) Language, law and loanwords in early medieval Gaul: language contact and studies in Gallo-Romance phonology‎^[1], Universiteit Leiden, page 109: “WGm. *tē²ka”.

[1] Kerkhof, Peter Alexander (2019 October 9) Language, law and loanwords in early medieval Gaul: language contact and studies in Gallo-Romance phonology‎^[1], Universiteit Leiden, page 109: “WGm. *tē²ka”.

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