Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sek

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *swé. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. whence -k? -ge like in the case of *mik?

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sek/

Pronoun edit

*sek

accusative of *se-

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *sik
- Old Frisian: sik (likely borrowed)
  - Saterland Frisian: sik
- Old Dutch: sich, sig (only in Limburgish)
  - Middle Dutch: sich, sic, sik (spread to other eastern dialects)
    - Dutch: zich (standardized, likely reinforced by German sich)
      - Afrikaans: sig (rare, obsolete)
  - Limburgish: zich
- Old High German: sih
  - Middle High German: sich
    - Bavarian: si, sich
      - Cimbrian: zich
    - Central Franconian: sich, sech
      - Hunsrik: sich
      - Luxembourgish: sech
    - East Central German: sich
      - Zipser German: ßich
    - German: sich
    - Yiddish: זיך (zikh)
    - → Middle Low German: sik, sek (adapted to native mik, dik)
      - Low German: sik, sek, sük
Old Norse: sik
- Icelandic: sig
- Faroese: seg
- Norwegian Bokmål: seg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seg
- Jamtish: seg
- Old Swedish: sik
  - Swedish: sig
- Danish: sig
Old Norse: -sk (passive verb suffix)
- Icelandic: -st
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: -s
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: -st
- Swedish: -s
- Danish: -s
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌺 (sik)