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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snēkô
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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 a vṛddhi derivative of *sneganą (“to crawl, sneak”) + *-ô (agent suffix). Kroonen suggests an original *snēgô ~ *snakkaz paradigm, making *snakô a parallel formation.[1]
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *snēkô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *snēkô | *snēkaniz | |
| vocative | *snēkô | *snēkaniz | |
| accusative | *snēkanų | *snēkanunz | |
| genitive | *snēkiniz | *snēkanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *snēkini | *snēkammaz | |
| instrumental | *snēkinē | *snēkammiz | |
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137: “*snēkkan-”
- 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, page 442: “snǣk-a-z”
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*snēkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
- Hellquist, Elof (1922), “snok”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 812: “urnord. *snākuʀ”
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Schnake”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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