< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smakkēn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *smakk, *smakku (“taste”) +‎ *-ēn. A Doublet of *smakēn.

Verb

*smakkēn

  1. to taste
  2. to smack one's lips, to eat or drink loudly (possibly influenced by *smakkōn (“to hit, smack”))

Inflection
Class 3 weak
Infinitive *smakkēn
1st sg. past *smakk?dā
Infinitive *smakkēn
Genitive infin. *smakkēnijas
Dative infin. *smakkēnijē
Instrum. infin. *smakkēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *smakkē *smakk?dā
2nd singular *smakkēs *smakk?dēs, *smakk?dēs
3rd singular *smakkēþ *smakk?dē, *smakk?dā
1st plural *smakkēm *smakk?dum
2nd plural *smakkēþ *smakk?dud
3rd plural *smakkēnþ *smakk?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *smakkē *smakk?dī
2nd singular *smakkēs *smakk?dī
3rd singular *smakkē *smakk?dī
1st plural *smakkēm *smakk?dīm
2nd plural *smakkēþ *smakk?dīd
3rd plural *smakkēn *smakk?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *smakkē
Plural *smakkēþ
Present Past
Participle *smakkēndī *smakk?d

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *smakkia
    • West Frisian: smakke (a class 1 verb, possibly borrowed from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: *smakkōn
    • Middle Low German: smacken
  • Old Dutch: *smackon
    • Middle Dutch: smacken
  • Old High German: *smakkēn
    • ⇒ Old High German: gismakkēn
    • Middle High German: smacken
      • German: schmacken
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.