Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tikkīn

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

Possibly from an original an-stem *tīgō ~ *tikki +‎ *-īn, whence *tigā.

Noun

*tikkīn n

1. kid, young goat

   Synonym: *hōkīn

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tikkīn
Genitive	*tikkīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tikkīn	*tikkīnu
Accusative	*tikkīn	*tikkīnu
Genitive	*tikkīnas	*tikkīnō
Dative	*tikkīnē	*tikkīnum
Instrumental	*tikkīnu	*tikkīnum

Descendants

• Old English: tiċċen, tyċċen
  • Middle English: tichen, ticchen, tiche, tik-, tike-
    • English: tick, titch
    • Yola: titch, thick, tick
• Old High German: zikkīn
  • Middle High German: zickīn
    • Alemannic German: Seike
    • German: Zicke
    • Luxembourgish: Zéck
    • → Middle Low German: sicke, sicken, tzicken
      • German Low German: Zicki, Zickje
  • ⇒ Middle High German: zickelīn, zickel
    • German: Zicklein, Zickel
    • → Middle Low German: sickelîn, tzickelîn, sickelen