Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tēkā

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 thēca.

Noun

*tēkā f

1. (Continental West Germanic) bedsheet, bedtick (cover for the bed)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tēkā
Genitive	*tēkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tēkā	*tēkōn
Accusative	*tēkōn	*tēkōn
Genitive	*tēkōn	*tēkōnō
Dative	*tēkōn	*tēkōm, *tēkum
Instrumental	*tēkōn	*tēkōm, *tēkum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *tēka, *tīka
  • Middle Low German: têke, tīke
    • German Low German: Teek
• Old Dutch: *tēka, tīka
  • Middle Dutch: têke, tīke
    • Dutch: tijk
    • Limburgish: teek
    • Bergish: Tiek
  • → Middle English: tykke (late)
    • English: tick
    • Scots: tike
  • → West Frisian: teek, tiik
• Old High German: ziehha, ziahha, ziohha
  • Middle High German: ziech, zieche
    • Alemannic German: Ziech, Zieche

      Alsatian: Ziech, Zieche

      Swabian: Ziach

    • Bavarian: Ziach, Ziachn

      Cimbrian: ziach

    • Central Franconian: Zeich, Zeech

      Hunsrik: Ziegh

      Kölsch: Zeech

    • German: Zieche (dialectal)
    • Luxembourgish: Zich
    • Rhine Franconian: Ziech, Zeech

      Hessian: Zich, Zisch

      Palatine German: Zich, Ziech, Ziesch

      Pennsylvania German: Ziech

    • Vilamovian: cich, cih́
    • Yiddish: ציך (tsikh)