Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skinkō

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 *skinkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; be inclined; aslant”).

Noun

*skinkō m

1. thigh, shank

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skinkō
Genitive	*skinkini, *skinkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skinkō	*skinkan
Accusative	*skinkan	*skinkan
Genitive	*skinkini, *skinkan	*skinkanō
Dative	*skinkini, *skinkan	*skinkum
Instrumental	*skinkini, *skinkan	*skinkum

Related terms

• *skankil
• *skankō

Derived terms

• *skinkil
• *skinkīn
  • Old English: sċenċen

Descendants

• Old English: *sċenc
  • Middle English: schench, shench
• Old Frisian: *skinka (perhaps via Low German)
  • Saterland Frisian: Skinke
  • West Frisian: skinke
• Old Saxon: skinka f
  • Middle Low German: schinke, schink
    • German Low German: Schinke, Schink
    • Plautdietsch: Schinkjen
    • → Danish: skinke
    • → English: skink
    • → Icelandic: skinka
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: skinke
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skinke
    • → Swedish: skinka
• Old Dutch: *skinko
  • Middle Dutch: schinke
    • Dutch: schink
    • Limburgish: sjink
• Old High German: scinco
  • Middle High German: schinke
    • German: Schinken (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Schank
    • Pennsylvania German: Schinke
  • → Italian: stinco