Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sek

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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

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Etymology

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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

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Pronoun

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*sek

  1. accusative of *se-

Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *sik
    • Old Frisian: sik (likely borrowed)
      • Saterland Frisian: sik
    • Old Saxon: 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
  • Old Norse: sik
    • Icelandic: sig
    • Faroese: seg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: seg
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: seg
    • Jamtish: seg
    • Old Swedish: sik
    • Danish: sig
  • Old Norse: -sk (passive verb suffix)
    • Icelandic: -st
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: -s
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: -st
    • Swedish: -s
    • Danish: -s
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌺 (sik)