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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slinkaną
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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
Close to the synonym *slingwaną, though with some formal diffulty. Presumably degeminated from earlier *slenkk-, from pre-Germanic *sln̥k-né(h₂)- or similar with a return to the full grade, from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (or perhaps *slenkʷ-); this could explain the different coda stop reflexes without needing to assume two separate PIE roots. Related to Lithuanian slinkti and slenkù (“to creep, sneak”). Perhaps partly sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsliŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *slinkaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *slinkō | *slinkaų | — | *slinkai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *slinkizi | *slinkaiz | *slink | *slinkazai | *slinkaizau |
| 3rd singular | *slinkidi | *slinkai | *slinkadau | *slinkadai | *slinkaidau |
| 1st dual | *slinkōz | *slinkaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *slinkadiz | *slinkaidiz | *slinkadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *slinkamaz | *slinkaim | — | *slinkandai | *slinkaindau |
| 2nd plural | *slinkid | *slinkaid | *slinkid | *slinkandai | *slinkaindau |
| 3rd plural | *slinkandi | *slinkain | *slinkandau | *slinkandai | *slinkaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *slank | *slunkį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *slanht | *slunkīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *slank | *slunkī | |||
| 1st dual | *slunkū | *slunkīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *slunkudiz | *slunkīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *slunkum | *slunkīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *slunkud | *slunkīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *slunkun | *slunkīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *slinkandz | *slunkanaz | |||
Related terms
- *slangô
- *slankaz
- *slingwaną
- *slīkaną
Descendants
- Old English: slincan
- Old Frisian: *slinka
- Old Saxon: *slinkan
- Old Dutch: *slinkan
- Old Norse: *slinka
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slingan- ~ *slinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*slenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 350
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