Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wikkōn

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 *wikkōną.

Verb

*wikkōn

to practice sorcery

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*wikkōn
1st sg. past	*wikkōdā
Infinitive	*wikkōn
Genitive infin.	*wikkōnijas
Dative infin.	*wikkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*wikkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wikkō	*wikkōdā
2nd singular	*wikkōs	wikkōdēs, wikkōdōs
3rd singular	*wikkōþ	wikkōdē, wikkōdā
1st plural	*wikkōm	*wikkōdum
2nd plural	*wikkōþ	*wikkōdud
3rd plural	*wikkōnþ	*wikkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wikkō	*wikkōdī
2nd singular	*wikkōs	*wikkōdī
3rd singular	*wikkō	*wikkōdī
1st plural	*wikkōm	*wikkōdīm
2nd plural	*wikkōþ	*wikkōdīd
3rd plural	*wikkōn	*wikkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wikkō
Plural	*wikkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wikkōndī	*wikkōd

Derived terms

*wigalōn

Descendants

Old English: wiccian, wiċċian
- Middle English: wicchen
  - English: witch
  - Scots: wich, wech, witch
Old Frisian: *wikkia
- West Frisian: wikje
Old Saxon: *wikkōn
- Middle Low German: wicken
  - German Low German: wicken
Old Dutch: *wikkon
- Middle Dutch: wicken
  - Dutch: wikken
Old High German: *wikkōn, *wihhōn
- Middle High German: wicken
  - German: wicken (obsolete)

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