Reconstruction:Old English/picga

This Old English 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.

Old English

Alternative forms

• *pycga

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *piggō.

Alternatively, perhaps from earlier *pycga, from Proto-West Germanic *puggijō, diminutive of *puggō, a variant of *piggō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɡ.ɡɑ/

Noun

*picga m

1. a young pig; piglet

Declension

Declension of *picga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	*picga	*picgan
accusative	*picgan	*picgan
genitive	*picgan	*picgena
dative	*picgan	*picgum

Derived terms

• picgbrēad

Descendants

• Middle English: pigge, peg, pig, pige, pigh, pygge
  • English: pig (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: pig
  • Yola: piggès