Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snīkaną

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

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *sneyg- (“to crawl”), and cognate with Latvian snīgt (“to hand, pass, reach”). See also the semantically and phonetically similar *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”), though a formal relation is difficult.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsniː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snīkaną

1. to crawl
2. to creep

Inflection

Conjugation of *snīkaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snīkō	*snīkaų	—	*snīkai	?
2nd singular	*snīkizi	*snīkaiz	*snīk	*snīkazai	*snīkaizau
3rd singular	*snīkidi	*snīkai	*snīkadau	*snīkadai	*snīkaidau
1st dual	*snīkōz	*snīkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snīkadiz	*snīkaidiz	*snīkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*snīkamaz	*snīkaim	—	*snīkandai	*snīkaindau
2nd plural	*snīkid	*snīkaid	*snīkid	*snīkandai	*snīkaindau
3rd plural	*snīkandi	*snīkain	*snīkandau	*snīkandai	*snīkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snaik	*snikį̄
2nd singular	*snaiht	*snikīz
3rd singular	*snaik	*snikī
1st dual	*snikū	*snikīw
2nd dual	*snikudiz	*snikīdiz
1st plural	*snikum	*snikīm
2nd plural	*snikud	*snikīd
3rd plural	*snikun	*snikīn
	present	past
participles	*snīkandz	*snikanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snīkan
  • Old English: snīcan
    • Middle English: sniken
      • >? English: sneak, snitch
      • >? Scots: sneke, sneak
• Old Norse: sníkja (weak verb) (< *snīkijaną)
  • Danish: snige
  • Faroese: sníkja
  • Icelandic: sníkja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snike
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snike, snika
  • Swedish: snika