Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sik

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sek.

Pronoun[edit]

*sik[1]

  1. himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Inflection[edit]

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns
singular first person second person reflexive
nominative *ik *þū -
accusative *mik *þik *sik
dative *miʀ *þiʀ
possessive *mīn *þīn *sīn
dual first person second person reflexive
nominative *wit *jit -
accusative *unk *inkw *sik
dative
possessive *unkar *inkwar *sīn
plural first person second person reflexive
nominative *wiʀ *jiʀ -
accusative *uns *iwwi *sik
dative
possessive *unsar *iuwar *sīn

Descendants[edit]

  • 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

References[edit]

  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”
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