seg

Westrobothnian

[séːɣ], [séːɣ]

pronoun

Definitions

(reflexive reflexive) accusative and dative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)
(referring to the subject of the main clause) him, her, it, them

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sik inherited from Proto-Germanic *sek (oneself) derived from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*se

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*se Proto-Indo-European
*swe Proto-Indo-European
*swé Proto-Indo-European
*sek Proto-Germanic
*sik Proto-Germanic
sig Swedish
seg Norwegian Nynorsk
-sk Old Norse
sik Old Norse
sig Danish
seg Faroese
𐍃𐌹𐌺 Gothic
*sik gmw-pro