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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.[1]

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
  • 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)

References
  1. Kerkhof, Peter Alexander (2019 October 9) Language, law and loanwords in early medieval Gaul: language contact and studies in Gallo-Romance phonology‎, Universiteit Leiden, page 109: “WGm. *tē²ka”.
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