Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sankwą

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

Related to *sinkwaną (“to sink”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑŋʷ.kʷɑ̃/

Noun

*sankwą n[1]

  1. a sinking

Inflection

Declension of *sankwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sankwą *sankwō
vocative *sankwą *sankwō
accusative *sankwą *sankwō
genitive *sankwas, *sankwis *sankwǫ̂
dative *sankwai *sankwamaz
instrumental *sankwō *sankwamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: sǫkk
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰 (saggqa)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sankwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318
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