Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sikur

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“worryless; carefree; secure”).

Adjective

*sikur

1. secure, safe
2. sure, certain

Inflection

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

• *uʀsorg(ī)

Derived terms

• *sikurōn

Descendants

• Old English: sicor, sicer
  • Middle English: siker
    • English: sicker (obsolete, dialectal)
    • Scots: sicker, siccar
    • → Welsh: sicr
• Old Frisian: sikur, siker
  • North Frisian: sijcker
  • Saterland Frisian: seker
  • West Frisian: siker
• Old Saxon: sikur, sikor
  • Middle Low German: seker
    • Low German: sieker, seker
    • → Danish: sikker
      • → Icelandic: sikker
      • → Norwegian: sikker
    • → Swedish: säker
• Old Dutch: *sikur
  • Middle Dutch: sēker
    • Dutch: zeker, (text messaging) zkr
      • Afrikaans: seker
      • Negerhollands: sekur, seeker, siki
      • → Sranan Tongo: seiker
        • → Caribbean Javanese: séker
      • → West Frisian: seker
• Old High German: sihhūr, sihhûri, sihhur, sihhar, sichur
  • Middle High German: sicher
    • Cimbrian: sichar
    • German: sicher
      • → Kashubian: zycher
      • → Saterland Frisian: sicher, zicher
      • → Silesian: zicher
    • Hunsrik: sicher
    • Luxembourgish: sécher
    • Yiddish: זיכער (zikher)