Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stankwiz

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 forms

*stankwaz
*stankiz (West Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɑŋʷ.kʷiz/

Noun

*stankwiz m

odor; fragrance
stench

Inflection

Declension of *stankwiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stankwiz	*stankwīz
vocative	*stankwi	*stankwīz
accusative	*stankwį	*stankwinz
genitive	*stankwīz	*stankwijǫ̂
dative	*stankwī	*stankwimaz
instrumental	*stankwī	*stankwimiz

Synonyms

*stunkwiz

Related terms

*stinkwaną

Descendants

From *stankwiz:

Old English: stenċ
- Middle English: stench, stenche, stinche, stunch, stynche, stænc, stinnch (Early Middle English)
  - English: stench
  - Scots: stench, stinch
Old Frisian: *stank, *stenk
- Saterland Frisian: Stoank
Old Saxon: stank
- Middle Low German: stank
  - German Low German: Stank
Old Dutch: stank
- Middle Dutch: stanc
  - Dutch: stank
Old High German: *stank, stanc, stanch
- Middle High German: stanc
  - German: Stank
  - ⇒ Middle High German: gestanc
    - Cimbrian: gastànkh
    - German: Gestank
- ⇒ Old High German: *stenki
  - Middle High German: stenke

From *stankwaz:

Old Norse: stǫkkr (descendants perhaps from Middle Low German)
- Icelandic: stökkur
- >? Norwegian: stank
- >? Swedish: stank
- >? Danish: stank