Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/se-

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronoun

*se-

  1. himself, herself, themselves (3rd person reflexive pronoun)

Inflection

Proto-Germanic personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative/instr possessive
singular first person *ek
(unstressed *ik) 		*mek
(unstressed *mik) 		*miz *mīnaz
second person *þū *þek
(unstressed *þik) 		*þiz *þīnaz
dual first person *wet
(unstressed *wit) 		*unk *unkiz *unkeraz
second person *jut, *jit *inkw *inkwiz *inkweraz
plural first person *wīz
(unstressed *wiz) 		*uns *unsiz *unseraz
second person *jūz, *jīz *izwiz *izwiz *izweraz
reflexive (*se-) *sek
(unstressed *sik) 		*siz *sīnaz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

See *sek, *siz and *sīnaz

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sez”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 326–327
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