Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snakô

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

Presumed from *snakaną (“to creep, crawl”) (whence Proto-West Germanic *snakan) +‎ *-ô (agent suffix). Alternatively from an original *snēgô ~ *snakkaz paradigm, making *snēkô a parallel formation.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑ.kɔːː/

Noun

*snakô m

that which creeps or slinks
snake
Synonyms: *agiz, *linþaz, *nadraz, *nadrǭ, *slangô, *wurmiz
worm, maggot
Synonyms: *maþô, *wurmiz

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *snakô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snakô	*snakaniz
vocative	*snakô	*snakaniz
accusative	*snakanų	*snakanunz
genitive	*snakiniz	*snakanǫ̂
dative	*snakini	*snakammaz
instrumental	*snakinē	*snakammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snakō
- Old English: snaca
  - Middle English: snake, snak; snaca
    - English: snake
      - → Maori: neke
      - → Sranan Tongo: sneki
    - Scots: snake
- Old Frisian: *snake
  - >? Saterland Frisian: Snoake (“tall, thin woman”)
  - West Frisian: snaak
- Old Saxon: *snako
  - Middle Low German: snake, snāke
    - German Low German: Snake, Snaak
    - Low German: snaak
    - → Polabian: snok (“blindworm”)
- Old Dutch: *snako
  - Middle Dutch: snake
    - Dutch: snaak
    - West Flemish: snake
- Old High German: *snako
  - Middle High German: snake
    - German: Schnake

References

Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137: “*snēk^kan-”

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137: “*snēk^kan-”