Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sik

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

From Proto-Germanic *sek.

Pronoun

*sik

1. himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Inflection

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

• Old Frisian: sik (likely borrowed)
  • Saterland Frisian: sik
• Old Saxon: 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
  • Middle High German: sich
    • Bavarian: si, sich
      • Cimbrian: zich
    • Central Franconian: sich, sech
      • Hunsrik: sich
      • Luxembourgish: sech
    • East Central German: sich
      • Zipser German: ßich
    • German: sich
    • Yiddish: זיך (zikh)
    • → Middle Dutch: sich
      • → Dutch: zich
    • → Middle Low German: sik, sek (adapted to native mik, dik)
      • Low German: sik, sick (variant spelling), sük, sück (East Frisian, northern Emsland), sek, seck (Eastphalian, East Prussian), sich (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)