Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pikkōn

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 *pikkōną (“to pick, peck”).

Verb

*pikkōn

to peck, strike

Conjugation

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*pikkōn
1st sg. past	*pikkōdā
Infinitive	*pikkōn
Genitive infin.	*pikkōnijas
Dative infin.	*pikkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*pikkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*pikkō	*pikkōdā
2nd singular	*pikkōs	pikkōdēs, pikkōdōs
3rd singular	*pikkōþ	pikkōdē, pikkōdā
1st plural	*pikkōm	*pikkōdum
2nd plural	*pikkōþ	*pikkōdud
3rd plural	*pikkōnþ	*pikkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*pikkō	*pikkōdī
2nd singular	*pikkōs	*pikkōdī
3rd singular	*pikkō	*pikkōdī
1st plural	*pikkōm	*pikkōdīm
2nd plural	*pikkōþ	*pikkōdīd
3rd plural	*pikkōn	*pikkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*pikkō
Plural	*pikkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*pikkōndī	*pikkōd

Related terms

*pikkijan
- Old English: *piċċan
  - Middle English: picchen
    - English: pitch

Descendants

Old English: *piccian, *pīcian, pȳcan
- Middle English: piken, picken, pikken
  - English: pick
  - Scots: pik
- Middle English: pecken, pekken (possible borrowing from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German forms)
  - English: peck
  - Scots: peck
Old Saxon: *pikkōn
- Middle Low German: picken, pecken
  - German Low German: picken
  - → German: picken
Old Dutch: *pikken
- Middle Dutch: picken, pecken, peken
  - Dutch: pikken
Old High German: picchen
→ Vulgar Latin: *piccō (“to strike, sting”) (see there for further descendants)

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