Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pik
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pix (“pitch, tar”).
Noun[edit]
*pik n
Inflection[edit]
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *pik | |
Genitive | *pikas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *pik | *piku |
Accusative | *pik | *piku |
Genitive | *pikas | *pikō |
Dative | *pikē | *pikum |
Instrumental | *piku | *pikum |
Descendants[edit]
In Old High German the word was probably initially restricted to northwestern (Rhenish) dialects, which explains the lack of shift from p- to pf-.