Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snerkaną

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)nerg-, *(s)nerk- (“to turn; wind; lace; shrink; shrivel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsner.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snerkaną

to shrink; shrivel; contract

Inflection

Conjugation of *snerkaną (strong class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*snerkō	*snerkaų	—	*snerkai	?
2nd singular	*snirkizi	*snerkaiz	*snerk	*snerkazai	*snerkaizau
3rd singular	*snirkidi	*snerkai	*snerkadau	*snerkadai	*snerkaidau
1st dual	*snerkōz	*snerkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snerkadiz	*snerkaidiz	*snerkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*snerkamaz	*snerkaim	—	*snerkandai	*snerkaindau
2nd plural	*snirkid	*snerkaid	*snirkid	*snerkandai	*snerkaindau
3rd plural	*snerkandi	*snerkain	*snerkandau	*snerkandai	*snerkaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snark	*snurkį̄
2nd singular	*snarht	*snurkīz
3rd singular	*snark	*snurkī
1st dual	*snurkū	*snurkīw
2nd dual	*snurkudiz	*snurkīdiz
1st plural	*snurkum	*snurkīm
2nd plural	*snurkud	*snurkīd
3rd plural	*snurkun	*snurkīn

	present	past
participles	*snerkandz	*snurkanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snerkan
- Old English: *sneorcan
  - ⇒ Old English: ġesneorcan
    - >? Middle English: *snerchen, snarchen (alternatively from Old English *snerċan, *snierċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snarkijan)
Old Norse: *snerka; *snorkinn; snorkil (noun)
- Icelandic: snorkinn (ppt)
- Norwegian: snerka, snerke (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: snorkin
- → Middle English: *snirken; snorkil
  - Scots: snirk (intransitive senses)