Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smukkōną

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 Pre-Germanic *smuknéh₂-, iterative formation to *smeuganą (“to creep, slip into”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smukkōną

1. to slide into, slip through
2. to creep, slink

Inflection

The original paradigm was made up of singular *smukk- against non-singular *smug-. This allowed for later analogical leveling throughout the dialects.

Conjugation of *smukkōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smukkō	*smukkǭ	—	*smukkōi	?
2nd singular	*smukkōsi	*smukkōs	*smukkō	*smukkōsai	*smukkōsau
3rd singular	*smukkōþi	*smukkō	*smukkōþau	*smukkōþai	*smukkōþau
1st dual	*smukkōs	*smukkōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smukkōþiz	*smukkōþiz	*smukkōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*smukkōmaz	*smukkōm	—	*smukkōnþai	*smukkōnþau
2nd plural	*smukkōþ	*smukkōþ	*smukkōþ	*smukkōnþai	*smukkōnþau
3rd plural	*smukkōnþi	*smukkōn	*smukkōnþau	*smukkōnþai	*smukkōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smukkōdǭ	*smukkōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*smukkōdēz	*smukkōdēdīz
3rd singular	*smukkōdē	*smukkōdēdī
1st dual	*smukkōdēdū	*smukkōdēdīw
2nd dual	*smukkōdēdudiz	*smukkōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*smukkōdēdum	*smukkōdēdīm
2nd plural	*smukkōdēdud	*smukkōdēdīd
3rd plural	*smukkōdēdun	*smukkōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*smukkōndz	*smukkōdaz

Descendants

• (Dutch: smokkelen) (with secondary frequentative suffix)
• Old Norse: *smokka, *smugga
  • Faroese: smokka
  • Norwegian: smugga

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN