sjúkur
Icelandic
/ˈsjuːkʏr/
adj
Definitions
- sick, ill; in poor health
- sick, disturbed; mentally unstable
- sick, twisted; in bad taste
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sjúkr (sick, ill) derived from Proto-Germanic *seukaz (sick).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*seukaz
Gloss
sick
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
患
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *seug- Proto-Indo-European
- *sewg- Proto-Indo-European
- sjuk Norwegian Bokmål
- *seukaz Proto-Germanic
- sjuk Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjúkdómr Old Norse
- sjúkleikr Old Norse
- sjúkr Old Norse
- syg Danish
- bifreið Icelandic
- bíll Icelandic
- sjúkrabifreið Icelandic
- sjúkrabíll Icelandic
- sjúkraþjálfari Icelandic
- þjálfari Icelandic
- sjúkur Faroese
- 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *seuk gmw-pro
- *sioc Old Dutch
- siok Old Saxon
- siuker Old Swedish
- siuker, siūker Old Swedish
- syugæ Old Danish