Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skankijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *skankaz (“askew”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*skankijaną[1]
Usage notes
editThe sense "to give" found in continental West Germanic is a late development that is not attested before the late Middle Ages.
Conjugation
editConjugation of *skankijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms
edit- *skankijô (“one who pours/serves drinks”)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *skankijan
- Old English: sċenċan
- Old Frisian: skenka
- Old Saxon: skenkian
- Old Dutch: skenken
- Old High German: scenken
- Old Norse: skekkja (“to skew; displace”)
- Icelandic: skekkja (“to skew; (poetic) to pour (drink)”)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 334