Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spīkō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“long, sharp”).

Noun

*spīkō f

1. a large nail, spike

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *spīkō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spīkō	*spīkôz
vocative	*spīkō	*spīkôz
accusative	*spīkǭ	*spīkōz
genitive	*spīkōz	*spīkǫ̂
dative	*spīkōi	*spīkōmaz
instrumental	*spīkō	*spīkōmiz

Related terms

• *spaikō
• *spīkaz
• *spīkraz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *spīku
  • Old Dutch: *spīka
    • Middle Dutch: *spike, *spijk
      • Dutch: spijk (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *spīking m
    • Old English: spīcing
      • Middle English: spikyng, spykyng
        • English: spiking (dialectal)
        • Scots: spyking, spikyn
    • Old Dutch: *spīking
      • Middle Dutch: spikinc
        • Dutch: spijking
• Old Norse: spík
  • Icelandic: spík
  • Old Swedish: spīk (merged with descendant of Proto-Germanic *spīkaz)
    • Swedish: spik
  • Danish: spig (merged with descendant of Proto-Germanic *spīkaz)
  • → Middle English: spike, spyk
    • English: spike
    • Scots: spike