Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/dīkaz

Alternative etymology

Kroonen traces this back to *dīkkaz < *dʰeyǵʰnós < *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, fashion”), whence it would be related to words for "wall" such as Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall, mound, earth-works”), Serbo-Croatian zȋd (“wall”), Old Prussian seydis (“wall”) (with metathesis). Anglom (talk) 21:44, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Old Norse Descendants in English & Scots

The entry for English dyke (we have dike as an alternative spelling) traces its origin to Old Norse díki, from Proto-Germanic *dīkiją. This fits well with the hard k and the northern distribution. I'm sure that also applies to the Scots word. That doesn't change anything about ditch, of course, which is obviously from the Old English word given here. Chuck Entz (talk) 15:45, 30 September 2018 (UTC)