Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snēkô
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a vṛddhi derivative of *sneganą (“to crawl, sneak”) + *-ô (agent suffix). Kroonen suggests an original *snēgô ~ *snakkaz paradigm, making Proto-West Germanic *snakō a parallel formation.[1]
Noun
[edit]*snēkô m[1]
Inflection
[edit]| masculine an-stemDeclension of *snēkô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *snēkô | *snēkaniz | |
| vocative | *snēkô | *snēkaniz | |
| accusative | *snēkanų | *snēkanunz | |
| genitive | *snēkiniz | *snēkanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *snēkini | *snēkammaz | |
| instrumental | *snēkinē | *snēkammiz | |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137: “*snēkkan-”
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 442: “snǣk-a-z”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snēkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
- ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snok”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary][2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 812: “urnord. *snākuʀ”
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schnake”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891