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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skakaną

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This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (to shake, stir), with unexpected *-k- instead of *-h-, either through contamination or back-formation from the iterative *skakkōną (to shake).[1] See *skehaną (to jump, emerge) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*skakaną[1][2][3]

  1. to swing
  2. to shake
  3. to escape

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “skakan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skakanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
  3. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SKAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 404