Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skinkô

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; be inclined; aslant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskiŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*skinkô m

(West Germanic) thigh; shank
Synonyms: *skankô, *þeuhą

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *skinkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skinkô	*skinkaniz
vocative	*skinkô	*skinkaniz
accusative	*skinkanų	*skinkanunz
genitive	*skinkiniz	*skinkanǫ̂
dative	*skinkini	*skinkammaz
instrumental	*skinkinē	*skinkammiz

Related terms

*skankaz
*skankijaną
*skankô
*skankōną
*skunkô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skinkō
- Old English: *sċenc
  - Middle English: schench, shench
- Old Frisian: *skinka (perhaps via Low German)
  - Saterland Frisian: Skinke
  - West Frisian: skinke
- Old Saxon: skinka f
  - Middle Low German: schinke, schink
    - German Low German: Schinke, Schink
    - Plautdietsch: Schinkjen
    - → Danish: skinke
    - → English: skink
    - → Icelandic: skinka
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: skinke
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: skinke
    - → Swedish: skinka
- Old Dutch: *skinko
  - Middle Dutch: schinke
    - Dutch: schink
    - Limburgish: sjink
- Old High German: scinco
  - Middle High German: schinke
    - German: Schinken (see there for further descendants)
    - Luxembourgish: Schank
    - Pennsylvania German: Schinke

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