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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swinkaną

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

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswiŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swinkaną[1]

  1. to toil, labor

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swinkan
    • Old English: swincan (to toil, labor) (or borrowed from Old Norse)
      • Middle English: swinken
  • Old Norse: svinka (to labor)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*swenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
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