Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sikur
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“worryless; carefree; secure”).
Adjective edit
*sikur[1]
Inflection edit
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *sikur | ||
| Genitive | *sikuras | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sikur | *sikuru | *sikur |
| Accusative | *sikuranā | *sikurā | *sikur |
| Genitive | *sikuras | *sikureʀā | *sikuras |
| Dative | *sikurumē | *sikureʀē | *sikurumē |
| Instrumental | *sikuru | *sikureʀu | *sikuru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sikurē | *sikurō | *sikuru |
| Accusative | *sikurā | *sikurā | *sikuru |
| Genitive | *sikureʀō | *sikureʀō | *sikureʀō |
| Dative | *sikurēm, *sikurum | *sikurēm, *sikurum | *sikurēm, *sikurum |
| Instrumental | *sikurēm, *sikurum | *sikurēm, *sikurum | *sikurēm, *sikurum |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: sicor, sicer
- Old Frisian: sikur, siker
- Old Saxon: sikur, sikor
- Old Dutch: *sikur
- Old High German: sihhūr, sihhûri, sihhur, sihhar, sichur
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *sikur”