Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skinkô

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskiŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*skinkô m

1. (West Germanic) thigh; shank

   Synonyms: *skankô, *þeuhą

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *skinkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skinkô	*skinkaniz
vocative	*skinkô	*skinkaniz
accusative	*skinkanų	*skinkanunz
genitive	*skinkiniz	*skinkanǫ̂
dative	*skinkini	*skinkammaz
instrumental	*skinkinē	*skinkammiz

Related terms

• *skankaz
• *skankijaną
• *skankô
• *skankōną
• *skunkô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skinkō
  • 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