Reconstruction:Old Norse/sinkva

This Old Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• søkkva — Old West Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to sink, to drop”). Compare Old English sincan, Old Frisian sinka, Old Saxon sinkan, Old High German sinkan, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsĩŋkwa/, /ˈsĩŋkwɑ/

Verb

*sinkva (singular past indicative sank, plural past indicative sunku, past participle sunkinn) (Old East Norse)

1. (intransitive) to sink

Related terms

• *sænkja (transitive)

Descendants

• Old Swedish: siunka
  • Swedish: sjunka
• Old Danish: siunkæ
  • Danish: synke
    • Norwegian Bokmål: synke
  • Scanian: sjønka, sjonka, sækka, sjokka
• Gutnish: sjunke, sinke