Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smeuganą

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

Alternative forms

• *smūganą

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to slip, slide”), *smewg- (“to slip, glide; be slimy”) with -g- instead of expected -h-, likely due to influence from the causative or iterative formations.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmeu̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smeuganą

1. to creep, slip through or into

Inflection

Conjugation of *smeuganą (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smeugō	*smeugaų	—	*smeugai	?
2nd singular	*smiugizi	*smeugaiz	*smeug	*smeugazai	*smeugaizau
3rd singular	*smiugidi	*smeugai	*smeugadau	*smeugadai	*smeugaidau
1st dual	*smeugōz	*smeugaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smeugadiz	*smeugaidiz	*smeugadiz	—	—
1st plural	*smeugamaz	*smeugaim	—	*smeugandai	*smeugaindau
2nd plural	*smiugid	*smeugaid	*smiugid	*smeugandai	*smeugaindau
3rd plural	*smeugandi	*smeugain	*smeugandau	*smeugandai	*smeugaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smaug	*smugį̄
2nd singular	*smauht	*smugīz
3rd singular	*smaug	*smugī
1st dual	*smugū	*smugīw
2nd dual	*smugudiz	*smugīdiz
1st plural	*smugum	*smugīm
2nd plural	*smugud	*smugīd
3rd plural	*smugun	*smugīn
	present	past
participles	*smeugandz	*smuganaz

Related terms

• *smaugaz
• *smaugijaną
• *smukkōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *smeugan, *smūgan
  • Old English: smūgan
    • Middle English: smuȝen
      • Scots: smue, smow, smoo
  • Old Frisian: *smūga
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: smūginge
  • Old Dutch: *smūgan, *smiogan
    • Middle Dutch: *smugen, *smiegen
      • Dutch: smuigen, smiegen, smoegen
  • Old High German: smiogan
    • Middle High German: smiegen
      • German: schmiegen
• Old Norse: smjúga
  • Icelandic: smjúga
  • Faroese: smúgva
  • Danish: smyge
  • Old Swedish: smiūgha
    • Swedish: smyga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smyga, smyge