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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwinkaną

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

Uncertain. According to Vladimir Orel, possibly a derived term formed from the root of Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi, I extinguish, quench), Proto-Slavic *gasìti (to extinguish), Lithuanian gèsti (to extinguish), Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati, to exhaust, weaken).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷiŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwinkaną[1]

  1. to go out
  2. to vanish, disappear

Inflection

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwinkan
    • Old English: cwincan
    • Old Frisian: quinka
      • Old Frisian: ūtquinka
    • Old Dutch: *kwinkan
      • >? Middle Dutch: kwinken, kwincken
        • Dutch: kwinken
          • Dutch: kwinkelen (dialectal)
        • ? German Low German: quinken
        • ? Saterland Frisian: kwinkje
        • ? English: quinch

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
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