Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *dīkaz Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_dīkaz

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 Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11) Guus Kroonen Brill 2013
dīkaz ˈdiː.kɑz ᛞᛁᚲᚨᛉ
noun masculine a-stem pool, puddle ditch, dyke, dam Uncertain. Possibly from pre-Germanic *dīkkaz from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-nó-s (Kluge's Law provides for the -k- in the current term), from *dʰeyǵʰ- (‘to knead; form, shape’) Kroonen 2013. A derivation from *dʰeygʷ- (‘to stick, stab, dig’) is somewhat problematic, as there is no explanation for the loss of labialization (cf. PIE *wegʷ- > PGmc *wakwaz; PIE *neygʷ- > PGmc *nikwaz). This root would normally lead to PGmc **dīkwaz.
dīkaz
dīkōz, dīkōs
dīką
dīkanz
dīkas, dīkis
dīkǫ̂
dīkai
dīkamaz
dīkō
dīkamiz
dīk
dīkōz, dīkōs
Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old Dutch dīc Middle Dutch dijc Dutch dijk Afrikaans dyk
Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old English dīċ Middle English dich English ditch
Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old English dīc Middle English dic, dik English dike
Scots dike, dyke
Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old Frisian dīk North Frisian dijck
Saterland Frisian Diek
West Frisian dyk
Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old High German tīh Middle High German tīch, dīch German Teich, Deich
Yiddish טײַך (taykh)
Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old Saxon dīk Middle Low German dîk German Deich
Low German Diek