Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slinkaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Close to the synonym *slingwaną, though with some formal diffulty. Presumably degeminated from earlier *slenkk-, from pre-Germanic *sln̥k-né(h₂)- or similar with a return to the full grade, from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (or perhaps *slenkʷ-); this could explain the different coda stop reflexes without needing to assume two separate PIE roots. Related to Lithuanian slinkti and slenkù (“to creep, sneak”). Perhaps partly sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *slinkaną (strong class 3)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: slincan
- Old Frisian: *slinka
- Old Saxon: *slinkan
- Old Dutch: *slinkan
- Old Norse: *slinka
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slingan- ~ *slinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*slenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 350