Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wikkō

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 *wikkōn (“to practice sorcery”) +‎ *-ō.

Noun

*wikkō m

1. sorcerer, warlock

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wikkō
Genitive	*wikkini, *wikkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wikkō	*wikkan
Accusative	*wikkan	*wikkan
Genitive	*wikkini, *wikkan	*wikkanō
Dative	*wikkini, *wikkan	*wikkum
Instrumental	*wikkini, *wikkan	*wikkum

Related terms

• *wikkā

Descendants

• Old English: wicca, wiċċa
  • Middle English: wikke, wicke, wicche
    • ⇒ Middle English: wikked, wikke
      • English: wicked
    • Scots: wik, wick, wiche, weche
    • English: witch
  • → English: Wicca
• (Old Frisian: wigila); (wīchelīe)
• (Old Saxon: *wīhhileo, *wīhileo)
  • (Middle Low German: wîchelîe)
• Old High German: *wicko, *wihho
  • Middle High German: wicker (< change of suffix to -er)

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN