Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pikkōną

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

Etymology

Unknown; from a stem *pikk-, of apparently imitative origin, +‎ *-ōną. Compare Proto-Germanic *bikjaną.

Verb

*pikkōną

1. to pick, peck, prick

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *pikk- against *pik-.

Conjugation of *pikkōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*pikkō	*pikkǭ	—	*pikkōi	?
2nd singular	*pikkōsi	*pikkōs	*pikkō	*pikkōsai	*pikkōsau
3rd singular	*pikkōþi	*pikkō	*pikkōþau	*pikkōþai	*pikkōþau
1st dual	*pikkōs	*pikkōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*pikkōþiz	*pikkōþiz	*pikkōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*pikkōmaz	*pikkōm	—	*pikkōnþai	*pikkōnþau
2nd plural	*pikkōþ	*pikkōþ	*pikkōþ	*pikkōnþai	*pikkōnþau
3rd plural	*pikkōnþi	*pikkōn	*pikkōnþau	*pikkōnþai	*pikkōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*pikkōdǭ	*pikkōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*pikkōdēz	*pikkōdēdīz
3rd singular	*pikkōdē	*pikkōdēdī
1st dual	*pikkōdēdū	*pikkōdēdīw
2nd dual	*pikkōdēdudiz	*pikkōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*pikkōdēdum	*pikkōdēdīm
2nd plural	*pikkōdēdud	*pikkōdēdīd
3rd plural	*pikkōdēdun	*pikkōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*pikkōndz	*pikkōdaz

Related terms

• *pīkaz
• *pikkaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *pikkōn
  • 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)
• Old Norse: pikka
  • Icelandic: pikka
  • Norwegian: pikka
  • Swedish: picka
  • Danish: pikke