Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/siukį̄

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

Etymology

From *seukaz +‎ *-į̄.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiu̯.kĩː/

Noun

*siukį̄ f

1. sickness

Inflection

īn-stemDeclension of *siukį̄ (īn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*siukį̄	*siukīniz
vocative	*siukį̄	*siukīniz
accusative	*siukīnų	*siukīnunz
genitive	*siukīniz	*siukīnǫ̂
dative	*siukīni	*siukīmaz
instrumental	*siukīnē	*siukīmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *siukī
  • Old Saxon: siuki (?)
    • Middle Low German: suke
      • Low German: Süük
  • Old High German: siuhhī
    • Middle High German: siuche
      • Alemannic German: Siechi
      • German: Seuche
        • → Luxembourgish: Seuch
• Old Norse: *sýki
  • Icelandic: sýki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: barnsýki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: hugsýki (“anxiety”)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: ǫfundarsýki
  • ⇒ Old Norse: ǫfundsýki
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌴𐌹 (siukei)