Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swiką

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to bend, twist, turn (aside), sway, swerve, dodge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswi.kɑ̃/

Noun

*swiką n

deceit; deception; trickery

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *swiką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swiką	*swikō
vocative	*swiką	*swikō
accusative	*swiką	*swikō
genitive	swikas, swikis	*swikǫ̂
dative	*swikai	*swikamaz
instrumental	*swikō	*swikamiz

Related terms

*swīkaną
*swikiz
*swikōną
*swikulaz

Descendants

Old English: swic
- Middle English: swic, swik
  - Scots: swick
Old High German: *swih (in compounds: āswih, biswih)
- Middle High German: beswich
Old Norse: svik
- Icelandic: svik
- Faroese: svik
- Norwegian: svik
- Old Swedish: svik
  - Swedish: svek
- Danish: svig

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