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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sneufaną

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, possibly related to *snūtaz (snout) and *snūtijaną (to blow one's nose).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsneu̯.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sneufaną[1]

  1. to sniff, to snort

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *snūfaną
  • *snuppōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sneufan, *snūfan
    • Old Saxon: *snūvan
      • Middle Low German: snūven
        • Low German: snuven
    • Old Dutch: *snūvan
      • Middle Dutch: snuven
    • Old High German: *snūfan, *sniofan, *snūban

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 292
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