Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sneganą

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; often cited as being related to Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “snake”), however the Sanskrit requires Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg-, whilst the Germanic demands aspirated *snegʰ-.^[1] A connection to *snīkaną (“to crawl, creep”), is very tempting but difficult to reconcile morphologically.

Verb

*sneganą^[2]^[3]

to crawl, creep

Inflection

Conjugation of *sneganą (strong class 5)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*snegō	*snegaų	—	*snegai	?
2nd singular	*snigizi	*snegaiz	*sneg	*snegazai	*snegaizau
3rd singular	*snigidi	*snegai	*snegadau	*snegadai	*snegaidau
1st dual	*snegōz	*snegaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snegadiz	*snegaidiz	*snegadiz	—	—
1st plural	*snegamaz	*snegaim	—	*snegandai	*snegaindau
2nd plural	*snigid	*snegaid	*snigid	*snegandai	*snegaindau
3rd plural	*snegandi	*snegain	*snegandau	*snegandai	*snegaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snag	*snēgį̄
2nd singular	*snaht	*snēgīz
3rd singular	*snag	*snēgī
1st dual	*snēgū	*snēgīw
2nd dual	*snēgudiz	*snēgīdiz
1st plural	*snēgum	*snēgīm
2nd plural	*snēgud	*snēgīd
3rd plural	*snēgun	*snēgīn

	present	past
participles	*snegandz	*sneganaz

Related terms

*snakkōną, *snagōną
- Proto-West Germanic: *snagōn, *snak(k)ōn
- ⇒ *snakaną
  - Proto-West Germanic: *snakan

Derived terms

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snakan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 460-461
^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “Germ. *sneg-, *snag-”
^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *sneʒ-, *snaʒ-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snakan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 460-461

[2] Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “Germ. *sneg-, *snag-”

[3] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *sneʒ-, *snaʒ-”

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