Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spik

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *spiką.

Noun edit

*spik n[1]

  1. bacon

Inflection edit

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *spik
Genitive *spikas
Singular Plural
Nominative *spik *spiku
Accusative *spik *spiku
Genitive *spikas *spikō
Dative *spikē *spikum
Instrumental *spiku *spikum

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *spi/ek”