Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sikur

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

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

Adjective

*sikur[1]

secure, safe
sure, certain

Inflection

a-stem
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

Descendants

Old English: sicor, sicer
- Middle English: siker
  - Scots: siker, seker
  - English: sicker
Old Frisian: sikur, siker
- North Frisian: sijcker
- Saterland Frisian: seküür
- West Frisian: siker
Old Saxon: sikur, sikor
- Middle Low German: seker
  - → Danish: sikker
    - → Norwegian: sikker
    - → Icelandic: sikker
  - → Swedish: säker
Old Dutch: *sikur
- Middle Dutch: sēker
  - Dutch: zeker
    - → West Frisian: seker
Old High German: sihhūr, sihhûri, sihhur, sichur, sihhar
- Middle High German: sicher
  - German: sicher
    - → Saterland Frisian: sicher
  - Luxembourgish: sécher
  - Yiddish: זיכער‎ (zikher)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *sikur”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *sikur”