Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūkaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (“to suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *su-, *sew- (“juice, sap”). Cognate with Latin sūgō (“suck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sūkaną[1][2]

  1. to suck
  2. to suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sūkō *sūkaų — *sūkai ?
2nd singular *sūkizi *sūkaiz *sūk *sūkazai *sūkaizau
3rd singular *sūkidi *sūkai *sūkadau *sūkadai *sūkaidau
1st dual *sūkōz *sūkaiw — — —
2nd dual *sūkadiz *sūkaidiz *sūkadiz — —
1st plural *sūkamaz *sūkaim — *sūkandai *sūkaindau
2nd plural *sūkid *sūkaid *sūkid *sūkandai *sūkaindau
3rd plural *sūkandi *sūkain *sūkandau *sūkandai *sūkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sauk *sukį̄
2nd singular *sauht *sukīz
3rd singular *sauk *sukī
1st dual *sukū *sukīw
2nd dual *sukudiz *sukīdiz
1st plural *sukum *sukīm
2nd plural *sukud *sukīd
3rd plural *sukun *sukīn
present past
participles *sūkandz *sukanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sūkan
    • Old English: sūcan
    • Old Dutch: *sūcan
      • Middle Dutch: suken
        • Dutch: zuiken (dialectal or obsolete)
        • Limburgish: zuken, zoeken

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sūgan- ~ *sūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 489-490
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sūkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-389
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.