Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slinkaną

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

Close to the synonym *slingwaną, though with some formal difficulty. Presumably degeminated from earlier *slenkk-, from pre-Germanic *sln̥k-né(h₂)- or similar with a return to the full grade, from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to wind, twist, slink, creep”) (or perhaps *slenkʷ-); this could explain the different coda stop reflexes without needing to assume two separate PIE roots. Related to Lithuanian sliñkti (“to creep, sneak”).[1][2] Perhaps partly sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsliŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slinkaną[1][2]

  1. to creep; crawl; slink

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slinkō *slinkaų — *slinkai ?
2nd singular *slinkizi *slinkaiz *slink *slinkazai *slinkaizau
3rd singular *slinkidi *slinkai *slinkadau *slinkadai *slinkaidau
1st dual *slinkōz *slinkaiw — — —
2nd dual *slinkadiz *slinkaidiz *slinkadiz — —
1st plural *slinkamaz *slinkaim — *slinkandai *slinkaindau
2nd plural *slinkid *slinkaid *slinkid *slinkandai *slinkaindau
3rd plural *slinkandi *slinkain *slinkandau *slinkandai *slinkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slank *slunkį̄
2nd singular *slanht *slunkīz
3rd singular *slank *slunkī
1st dual *slunkū *slunkīw
2nd dual *slunkudiz *slunkīdiz
1st plural *slunkum *slunkīm
2nd plural *slunkud *slunkīd
3rd plural *slunkun *slunkīn
present past
participles *slinkandz *slunkanaz

Descendants

  • Old English: slincan
    • Middle English: slynken
  • Old Frisian: *slinka
  • Old Saxon: *slinkan
  • Old Dutch: *slinkan
  • Old Norse: *slinka

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slingan- ~ *slinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350
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