Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snēkô

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a vṛddhi derivative of *sneganą (to crawl, sneak) +‎ *-ô (agent suffix). Kroonen suggests an original *snēgô ~ *snakkaz paradigm, making Proto-West Germanic *snakō a parallel formation.[1]

Noun[edit]

*snēkô m[1]

  1. person or thing that crawls, creeps

Inflection[edit]

masculine an-stemDeclension of *snēkô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *snēkô *snēkaniz
vocative *snēkô *snēkaniz
accusative *snēkanų *snēkanunz
genitive *snēkiniz *snēkanǫ̂
dative *snēkini *snēkammaz
instrumental *snēkinē *snēkammiz

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137:*snēkkan-
  2. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 442:snǣk-a-z
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*snēkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
  4. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snok”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 812:urnord. *snākuʀ
  5. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schnake”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891