Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skankō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skankô.

Noun

*skankō m

1. thigh, shank

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skankō
Genitive	*skankini, *skankan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skankō	*skankan
Accusative	*skankan	*skankan
Genitive	*skankini, *skankan	*skankanō
Dative	*skankini, *skankan	*skankum
Instrumental	*skankini, *skankan	*skankum

Related terms

• *skinkō

Derived terms

• *skankil

Descendants

• Old English: sċanca, sċeanca, sċeonca
  • Middle English: schanke, sconke, sceonke, schonke, shanke
    • English: shank
    • Scots: schank, schanck
• Old Frisian:
  • West Frisian: skonk
• Old Saxon: *skenka
  • Middle Low German: schenke
    • Dutch Low Saxon: schenke
• Old Dutch: *skenko
  • Middle Dutch: schencke