sjúkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Cognate with Old English sēoc (whence English sick), Old High German sioh (whence German siech).

Adjective

sjúkr

sick

Descendants

Icelandic: sjúkur
Faroese: sjúkur
Old Danish: sjuk
- Danish: syg
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: syk
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: sjuk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjuk
Old Swedish: siūker
- Swedish: sjuk
Elfdalian: siuok

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