sig

Swedish

/sɛj/, /saj/

pronoun

Definitions

reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or man; compare himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sik derived 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
i Swedish
kragen Swedish
ta Swedish
ta sig i kragen Swedish
seg Norwegian Nynorsk
-sk Old Norse
sik Old Norse
sig Danish
seg Faroese
𐍃𐌹𐌺 Gothic
*sik gmw-pro
seg Westrobothnian