*spīkō

Runic: ᛊᛈᛁᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈspiː.kɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

a large nail, spike

Etymology

The word seems to derive from Proto-Indo-European *speyg-, a *g-extension of *spey- (‘long, sharp’); Orel notes similarities to Latin spīcus (‘pin’);.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	spīkō	spīkôz
Acc.	spīkǭ	spīkōz
Gen.	spīkōz	spīkǫ̂
Dat.	spīkōi	spīkōmaz
Inst.	spīkō	spīkōmiz
Voc.	spīkō	spīkôz

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Descendants

*spīku (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spīka (Old Dutch)
  - *spike, *spijk (Middle Dutch)
    - spijk (Dutch)
*spīku (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spīking (Proto-West Germanic)
  - *spīking (Old Dutch)
    - spikinc (Middle Dutch)
      - spijking (Dutch)
*spīku (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spīking (Proto-West Germanic)
  - spīcing (Old English)
    - spikyng, spykyng (Middle English)
      - spiking (English)
      - spyking, spikyn (Scots)
spík (Old Norse)
- spig (Danish)
- spík (Icelandic)
spík (Old Norse)
- spike, spyk (Middle English)
  - spike (English)
  - spíce (Irish)
  - spike (Scots)
  - spìc (Scottish Gaelic)
spík (Old Norse)
- spīk (Old Swedish)
  - spik (Swedish)

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