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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /sek/

Pronoun

*sek

1. accusative of *se-

Descendants

• 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)