Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwinkaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
*kwinkaną[1]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *kwinkaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *kwinkan
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228