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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skankijō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 a derivative of Proto-Germanic *skankijaną.

Noun

*skankijō m

  1. drink server
  2. cupbearer

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *skankijō
Genitive *skankijini
Singular Plural
Nominative *skankijō *skankijan
Accusative *skankijan *skankijan
Genitive *skankijini *skankijanō
Dative *skankijini *skankijum
Instrumental *skankijini *skankijum

Descendants

  • Old English: sċenċ (a draught; cup; beaker).
    • Middle English: schenche (drink, cup; cup-bearer)
  • Old Frisian: skanze, skenze (a canteen; jug; tankard)
    • Saterland Frisian: Schoanke
  • Old Saxon: skenkio
  • Old Dutch: *skenco
  • Old High German: scenco, scencho
  • Old French: eschançon, eschanson, eschançun (see there for further descendants)
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