Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wikkōną

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 earlier paradigm *wikkōþi ~ *wigunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *wik-nā́-ti ~ *wik-un-ánti, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Verb

*wikkōną

1. (West Germanic) to practice sorcery

Inflection

Conjugation of *wikkōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wikkō	*wikkǭ	—	*wikkōi	?
2nd singular	*wikkōsi	*wikkōs	*wikkō	*wikkōsai	*wikkōsau
3rd singular	*wikkōþi	*wikkō	*wikkōþau	*wikkōþai	*wikkōþau
1st dual	*wikkōs	*wikkōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wikkōþiz	*wikkōþiz	*wikkōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wikkōmaz	*wikkōm	—	*wikkōnþai	*wikkōnþau
2nd plural	*wikkōþ	*wikkōþ	*wikkōþ	*wikkōnþai	*wikkōnþau
3rd plural	*wikkōnþi	*wikkōn	*wikkōnþau	*wikkōnþai	*wikkōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wikkōdǭ	*wikkōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wikkōdēz	*wikkōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wikkōdē	*wikkōdēdī
1st dual	*wikkōdēdū	*wikkōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wikkōdēdudiz	*wikkōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wikkōdēdum	*wikkōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wikkōdēdud	*wikkōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wikkōdēdun	*wikkōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wikkōndz	*wikkōdaz

Related terms

• *wigalaz
• *wīhaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wikkōn, *wikkijōn
  • Old English: wiċċian (< *wikkijōn)
    • Middle English: wicchen
      • English: witch
      • Scots: wich, wech, witch
  • Old Frisian: *wikkia, *wikia
    • Saterland Frisian: wikje
    • West Frisian: wikje
  • Old Saxon: *wikkōn; *wikkiōn
    • Middle Low German: wicken
      • German Low German: wicken
  • Old Dutch: *wikkon
    • Middle Dutch: wicken
      • Dutch: wikken
        • → West Frisian: wikke
  • Old High German: *wikkōn, *wihhōn
    • Middle High German: wicken
      • German: wicken (obsolete)