Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sik

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sek.

Pronoun

*sik[1]

himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

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)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*sik”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*sik”