Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snakan
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *snakaną,[1][2][3][4][5] secondary o-grade intensive from *snakkōną, o-grade iterative to *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”).
Verb
[edit]*snakan
- to crawl
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *snakan | |
| 1st sg. past | *snōk | |
| 3rd pl. past | *snōkun | |
| Past ptcple | *snakan | |
| Infinitive | *snakan | |
| Genitive infin. | *snakannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *snakannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *snakannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *snaku | *snōk |
| 2nd singular | *snakiʀi | *snōkī |
| 3rd singular | *snakidi | *snōk |
| 1st plural | *snakum | *snōkum |
| 2nd plural | *snakid | *snōkud |
| 3rd plural | *snakand | *snōkun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *snakē | *snōkī |
| 2nd singular | *snakēs | *snōkī |
| 3rd singular | *snakē | *snōkī |
| 1st plural | *snakēm | *snōkīm |
| 2nd plural | *snakēþ | *snōkīd |
| 3rd plural | *snakēn | *snōkīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *snak | |
| Plural | *snakid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *snakandī | *snakan |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old High German: snahhan
References
[edit]- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 442-443
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snakanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snakan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 460-461
- ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary][3] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *snak-”
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Snaak”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 666: “germ. rot *snak”