Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smeuganą

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to slip, slide”), *smewg- (“to slip, glide; be slimy”), with -g- instead of expected -h-, likely due to influence from the causative or iterative formations. Cognate with Lithuanian smaũkti (“to pull, don, roll up”), Slovene smúkati (“to scurry, slip”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmeu̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smeuganą[1][2]

  1. to creep, slip through or into

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *smeugō *smeugaų — *smeugai ?
2nd singular *smiugizi *smeugaiz *smeug *smeugazai *smeugaizau
3rd singular *smiugidi *smeugai *smeugadau *smeugadai *smeugaidau
1st dual *smeugōz *smeugaiw — — —
2nd dual *smeugadiz *smeugaidiz *smeugadiz — —
1st plural *smeugamaz *smeugaim — *smeugandai *smeugaindau
2nd plural *smiugid *smeugaid *smiugid *smeugandai *smeugaindau
3rd plural *smeugandi *smeugain *smeugandau *smeugandai *smeugaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *smaug *smugį̄
2nd singular *smauht *smugīz
3rd singular *smaug *smugī
1st dual *smugū *smugīw
2nd dual *smugudiz *smugīdiz
1st plural *smugum *smugīm
2nd plural *smugud *smugīd
3rd plural *smugun *smugīn
present past
participles *smeugandz *smuganaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *smeugan, *smūgan
    • Old English: smūgan
      • Middle English: smuȝen
        • Scots: smue, smow, smoo
    • Old Frisian: *smūga
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: smūginge
    • Old Dutch: *smūgan, *smiogan
    • Old High German: smiogan
  • Old Norse: smjúga

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*smeugan- ~ *smūgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*smeuʒanan ~ *smūʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354
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