Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sinkwaną
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to sink, to drop”).[1] Cognate with Old Armenian անկանիմ (ankanim) and ընկենում (ənkenum).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- to sink
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *sinkwaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *sinkwan
- Old West Norse: søkkva, sænkva
- Old East Norse: *sinkva
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan)
References[edit]
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sinkwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*senkwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325