Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kikerā

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

Borrowed from Latin cicera, cicer (“chickpea”).

Noun

*kikerā f

1. chickpea

   Synonym: *kikerarwīt

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kikerā
Genitive	*kikerōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kikerā	*kikerōn
Accusative	*kikerōn	*kikerōn
Genitive	*kikerōn	*kikerōnō
Dative	*kikerōn	*kikerōm, *kikerum
Instrumental	*kikerōn	*kikerōm, *kikerum

Derived terms

• *kikerarwīt

Descendants

• Old Saxon: kekera
  • Middle Low German: kēkere, kechere
    • German Low German: Kicker
• Old Dutch: *kikera
  • Middle Dutch: kēker
    • Dutch: keker
• Old High German: kihhira, kihhura, kehhera
  • Middle High German: kicher
    • German: Kicher