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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snakan

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 *snakaną,[1][2][3][4][5] secondary o-grade intensive from *snakkōną, o-grade iterative to *sneganą (to crawl, creep).

Verb

*snakan

  1. to crawl

Inflection

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

  • *snakō
  • *snakrōn
    • Old English: *snacrian
      • Middle English: snakeren

Descendants

  • Old High German: snahhan

References

  1. 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
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*snakanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*snakan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 460-461
  4. Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810:germ. *snak-
  5. Torp, Alf (1919) “Snaak”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 666:germ. rot *snak
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