Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snarkijaną

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

From *snerkaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑr.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snarkijaną

1. to draw together; contract; shrink; constrict

Inflection

Conjugation of *snarkijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snarkijō	*snarkijaų	—	*snarkijai	?
2nd singular	*snarkīsi	*snarkijais	*snarkī	*snarkijasai	*snarkijaisau
3rd singular	*snarkīþi	*snarkijai	*snarkijaþau	*snarkijaþai	*snarkijaiþau
1st dual	*snarkijōs	*snarkijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snarkijaþiz	*snarkijaiþiz	*snarkijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*snarkijamaz	*snarkijaim	—	*snarkijanþai	*snarkijainþau
2nd plural	*snarkīþ	*snarkijaiþ	*snarkīþ	*snarkijanþai	*snarkijainþau
3rd plural	*snarkijanþi	*snarkijain	*snarkijanþau	*snarkijanþai	*snarkijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snarkidǭ	*snarkidēdį̄
2nd singular	*snarkidēz	*snarkidēdīz
3rd singular	*snarkidē	*snarkidēdī
1st dual	*snarkidēdū	*snarkidēdīw
2nd dual	*snarkidēdudiz	*snarkidēdīdiz
1st plural	*snarkidēdum	*snarkidēdīm
2nd plural	*snarkidēdud	*snarkidēdīd
3rd plural	*snarkidēdun	*snarkidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*snarkijandz	*snarkidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snarkijan
  • Old English: *snerċan, *snierċan
    • Middle English: *snerchen, snarchen
• Old Norse: snerkja
  • Icelandic: snerkja
  • Faroese: snerkja
  • (Norwegian: snyrkja)
  • Old Swedish: snærkia
  • → Middle English: *snerken
    • Scots: snirk; snirkle
    • English: snirket (ppt) (dialectal)