Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sek

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sek/

Pronoun

*sek

accusative of *se-

Descendants

Old Frisian: sik (possibly borrowed)
- Saterland Frisian: sik
Old Saxon: sik
- Middle Low German: sik, sek
  - Low German: sik, sek, sük
Old Dutch: sich, sig (only in early Limburgish texts)
- Middle Dutch: sich, sic, sik (only common in the eastern areas of the Middle Dutch language area)
  - Dutch: zich (spread to all areas, possibly reinforced by German sich)
    - Afrikaans: sig
- Limburgish: zich
Old High German: sih
- Middle High German: sich
  - German: sich
  - Hunsrik: sich
  - Zipser German: ſich
  - Yiddish: זיך‎ (zikh)
Old Norse: sik
- Icelandic: sig
- Faroese: seg
- Norwegian: seg
- Jamtish: seg
- Westrobothnian: seg, si
- Old Swedish: sik
  - Swedish: sig
- Danish: sig
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌺 (sik)