Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwinkaną

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. According to Vladimir Orel, possibly a derived term formed from the root of Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi, “I extinguish, quench”), Proto-Slavic *gasìti (“to extinguish”), Lithuanian gèsti (“to extinguish”), Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati, “to exhaust, weaken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʷiŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwinkaną

1. to go out
2. to vanish, disappear

Inflection

Conjugation of *kwinkaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kwinkō	*kwinkaų	—	*kwinkai	?
2nd singular	*kwinkizi	*kwinkaiz	*kwink	*kwinkazai	*kwinkaizau
3rd singular	*kwinkidi	*kwinkai	*kwinkadau	*kwinkadai	*kwinkaidau
1st dual	*kwinkōz	*kwinkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*kwinkadiz	*kwinkaidiz	*kwinkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*kwinkamaz	*kwinkaim	—	*kwinkandai	*kwinkaindau
2nd plural	*kwinkid	*kwinkaid	*kwinkid	*kwinkandai	*kwinkaindau
3rd plural	*kwinkandi	*kwinkain	*kwinkandau	*kwinkandai	*kwinkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kwank	*kunkį̄
2nd singular	*kwanht	*kunkīz
3rd singular	*kwank	*kunkī
1st dual	*kunkū	*kunkīw
2nd dual	*kunkudiz	*kunkīdiz
1st plural	*kunkum	*kunkīm
2nd plural	*kunkud	*kunkīd
3rd plural	*kunkun	*kunkīn
	present	past
participles	*kwinkandz	*kunkanaz

Derived terms

• *kwankijaną

See also

• *kwīnaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kwinkan
  • Old English: cwincan
  • Old Frisian: quinka
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: ūtquinka
  • Old Dutch: *kwinkan
    • >? Middle Dutch: kwinken, kwincken
      • Dutch: kwinken
        • ⇒ Dutch: kwinkelen (dialectal)
      • ⇒? German Low German: quinken
      • →? Saterland Frisian: kwinkje
      • →? English: quinch