Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spiką

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*spikką, *spikuz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spēy- (“to stretch; thrive; succeed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspi.kɑ̃/

Noun

*spiką n

bacon

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *spiką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spiką	*spikō
vocative	*spiką	*spikō
accusative	*spiką	*spikō
genitive	spikas, spikis	*spikǫ̂
dative	*spikai	*spikamaz
instrumental	*spikō	*spikamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *spik
- Old English: spiċ
  - Middle English: spik, spyk, spike, spich
    - Scots: spick, spect
    - English: speck
- Old Frisian: spek
  - Saterland Frisian: Späk
  - West Frisian: spek
- Old Saxon: spek, spekk
  - Middle Low German: spek, speck
    - German Low German: Speck
    - → Norwegian: spekk
    - → Danish: spæk
    - → Swedish: späck
- Old Dutch: spek
  - Middle Dutch: spec
    - Dutch: spek
- Old High German: spek, spec
  - Middle High German: spëc
    - German: Speck
    - Luxembourgish: Speck
    - Yiddish: שפּעק (shpek)
Old Norse: spik
- Icelandic: spik
- Faroese: spik

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