Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sikur
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“worryless; carefree; secure”).
Adjective
*sikur[1]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *sikur | ||
| Genitive | *sikuras | ||
| 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 |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: sicor, sicer
- Old Frisian: sikur, siker
- Old Saxon: sikur, sikor
- Old Dutch: *sikur
- Old High German: sihhūr, sihhûri, sihhur, sihhar, sichur
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”