Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tīkō

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 Proto-Germanic an-stem paradigm *tīgô ~ *tikkaz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *deigʰ-ō ~ *digʰ-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵʰ-, cognate with Middle Armenian տիզ (tiz, “tick”) and Middle Irish dega (“stag beetle”).

Noun

*tīkō m

1. tick

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tīkō
Genitive	*tīkini, *tīkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tīkō	*tīkan
Accusative	*tīkan	*tīkan
Genitive	*tīkini, *tīkan	*tīkanō
Dative	*tīkini, *tīkan	*tīkum
Instrumental	*tīkini, *tīkan	*tīkum

Alternative reconstructions

• *tikkō, *tikō, *tīkijō, *tikkjō

Descendants

While the original stems are thought to be *tīk- and *tikk-, many descendants require a compromise form *tik-.

• Old English: ticia (for *tiica, *tīcca, or *ticca)
  • Middle English: tyke, teke
    • English: tick, tyke (“sheep-tick”)
    • Scots: tick
    • → Middle French: tique
      • French: tique
• Old Frisian: *tīkke, *tīke
  • North Frisian: teg f
  • Saterland Frisian: Tieke
  • West Frisian: tyk
• Old Saxon: *tiko, *tikko
  • Middle Low German: tēke, tecke f
    • German Low German: Tieke, Tiek
• Old Dutch: *tiko, *tikko
  • Middle Dutch: tēke, thecke (late; possibly borrowed from Low German)
    • Dutch: teek; tijg (dialectal)
• Old High German: *zehho, *zecko (attested as cecho, which could be either form)
  • Middle High German: zeche, zecke m or f
    • Alemannic German: Zëche
    • Central Franconian: Zeck, Zech, Zääch f
    • German: Zecke f
      • → German Low German: Zecke
  • → Italian: zecca