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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stankwijaną

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 *stinkwaną (to hit, to clash, to stink) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaŋʷ.kʷi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*stankwijaną[1]

  1. to cause to stumble or hit against
  2. to cause to spring forth, to scatter
  3. to make stink

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stankwijan
    • Old English: stenċan
    • Old Saxon: *stenkian
      • Middle Low German: stenken
    • Old High German: stenken
      • Middle High German: stenken
  • Old Norse: stǫkkva
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌵𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gastagqjan)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*stankwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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