Where does “sik” come from?

sik (Middle English) comes from Old English sec, from Proto-West Germanic seuk, from Proto-Germanic seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European seug- — to be troubled or grieved.

sik (Middle English): sick, ill

Definitions

  1. sick, ill

Ancestry of “sik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishsecAlternative form of sēoc
2Proto-West Germanicseuksick
3Proto-Germanicseukazsick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseug-to be troubled or grieved

Words derived from “sik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seug- →