Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/likkōn

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

From Proto-Germanic *likkōną.

Verb

*likkōn

1. to lick

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*likkōn
1st sg. past	*likkōdā
Infinitive	*likkōn
Genitive infin.	*likkōnijas
Dative infin.	*likkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*likkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*likkō	*likkōdā
2nd singular	*likkōs	*likkōdēs, *likkōdōs
3rd singular	*likkōþ	*likkōdē, *likkōdā
1st plural	*likkōm	*likkōdum
2nd plural	*likkōþ	*likkōdud
3rd plural	*likkōnþ	*likkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*likkō	*likkōdī
2nd singular	*likkōs	*likkōdī
3rd singular	*likkō	*likkōdī
1st plural	*likkōm	*likkōdīm
2nd plural	*likkōþ	*likkōdīd
3rd plural	*likkōn	*likkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*likkō
Plural	*likkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*likkōndī	*likkōd

Descendants

• Old English: liccian
  • Middle English: likken, licken
    • Scots: lik
    • English: lick
• Old Frisian: *likkia, *likja
  • Saterland Frisian: likje
  • West Frisian: likke
• Old Saxon: likkōn, lekkōn
  • Middle Low German: licken, lecken
    • Low German: licken
    • → Danish: likke
• Old Dutch: leccon
  • Middle Dutch: lecken
    • Dutch: likken
    • Limburgish: lekke
• Old High German: leccōn, lechhōn, lechōn
  • Middle High German: lëcken
    • German: lecken
    • Hunsrik: lecke
    • Luxembourgish: lecken
    • Vilamovian: łakia
    • Yiddish: לעקן (lekn)
• → Old French: lekier, lescher, lechier, lecher
  • Middle French: lécher
    • French: lécher
  • → Middle English: lechen
    • English: lech
• → Occitan: lecar, lechar
• → Italian: leccare