Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skankijō

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 *skankijan (“to pour (a drink)”) +‎ *-jō.

Noun

*skankijō m

1. drink server
2. cupbearer

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skankijō
Genitive	*skankijini, *skankijan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skankijō	*skankijan
Accusative	*skankijan	*skankijan
Genitive	*skankijini, *skankijan	*skankijanō
Dative	*skankijini, *skankijan	*skankijum
Instrumental	*skankijini, *skankijan	*skankijum

Descendants

• Old English: sċenċ (“a draught; cup; beaker”).
  • Middle English: schenche (“drink, cup; cup-bearer”)
• Old Frisian: skanze, skenze, *skanke (“a canteen; jug; tankard”)
  • Saterland Frisian: Schoanke, Skoanke
• Old Saxon: skenkio
  • Middle Low German: scenke, schenke
• Old Dutch: *skenco
  • Middle Dutch: schenke, schinke
• Old High German: scenco, scencho
  • Middle High German: schenke
    • German: Schenk
    • ⇒ Middle High German: geschenke
      • Cimbrian: gasénkh
      • German: Geschenk
        • → Silesian: gyszynk
      • Luxembourgish: Geschenk
• → Old French: eschançon, eschanson, eschançun (see there for further descendants)