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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūkaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (“to suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *su-, *sew- (“juice, sap”). Cognate with Latin sūgō (“suck”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sūkaną[1][2]

  1. to suck
  2. to suckle

Inflection
Conjugation of *sūkaną (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sūkō*sūkaų—*sūkai ?
2nd singular *sūkizi*sūkaiz*sūk*sūkazai*sūkaizau
3rd singular *sūkidi*sūkai*sūkadau*sūkadai*sūkaidau
1st dual *sūkōz*sūkaiw———
2nd dual *sūkadiz*sūkaidiz*sūkadiz——
1st plural *sūkamaz*sūkaim—*sūkandai*sūkaindau
2nd plural *sūkid*sūkaid*sūkid*sūkandai*sūkaindau
3rd plural *sūkandi*sūkain*sūkandau*sūkandai*sūkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sauk*sukį̄
2nd singular *sauht*sukīz
3rd singular *sauk*sukī
1st dual *sukū*sukīw
2nd dual *sukudiz*sukīdiz
1st plural *sukum*sukīm
2nd plural *sukud*sukīd
3rd plural *sukun*sukīn
present past
participles *sūkandz*sukanaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sūkan
    • Old English: sūcan
    • Old Dutch: *sūcan
      • Middle Dutch: suken
        • Dutch: zuiken (dialectal or obsolete)
        • Limburgish: zuken, zoeken

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sūgan- ~ *sūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 489-490
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sūkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-389
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