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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snēkô

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 Proto-West Germanic *snakō a parallel formation.[1]

Noun

*snēkô m[1]

  1. person or thing that crawls, creeps

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

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *snākō
    • Old High German: *snāko (“gnat”)[5]
  • Old Norse: snákr, snókr
    • Icelandic: snákur, snókur
    • Faroese: snákur
    • Norwegian: snok
    • Norwegian: snäk (dialectal)
    • Elfdalian: snųok
    • Old Swedish: snōker
    • Danish: snog
    • Gutnish: snok

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137: “*snēkkan-”
  2. 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”
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*snēkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
  4. Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snok”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 812: “urnord. *snākuʀ”
  5. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schnake”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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