Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skinkō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skinkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; be inclined; aslant”).

Noun

*skinkō m

thigh, shank

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skinkō
Genitive	skinkini, skinkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skinkō	*skinkan
Accusative	*skinkan	*skinkan
Genitive	skinkini, skinkan	*skinkanō
Dative	skinkini, skinkan	*skinkum
Instrumental	skinkini, skinkan	*skinkum

Related terms

Derived terms

*skinkil
*skinkīn
- Old English: sċenċen

Descendants

Old English: *sċenc
- Middle English: schench, shench
Old Frisian: *skinka (perhaps via Low German)
- Saterland Frisian: Skinke
- West Frisian: skinke
Old Saxon: skinka f
- Middle Low German: schinke, schink
  - German Low German: Schinke, Schink
  - Plautdietsch: Schinkjen
  - → Danish: skinke
  - → English: skink
  - → Icelandic: skinka
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: skinke
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: skinke
  - → Swedish: skinka
Old Dutch: *skinko
- Middle Dutch: schinke
  - Dutch: schink
  - Limburgish: sjink
Old High German: scinco
- Middle High German: schinke
  - German: Schinken (see there for further descendants)
  - Luxembourgish: Schank
  - Pennsylvania German: Schinke
- → Italian: stinco