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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sankwą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Related to *sinkwaną (“to sink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑŋʷ.kʷɑ̃/
Noun
*sankwą n[1]
- a sinking
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *sankwą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *sankwą | *sankwō | |
| vocative | *sankwą | *sankwō | |
| accusative | *sankwą | *sankwō | |
| genitive | *sankwas, *sankwis | *sankwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *sankwai | *sankwamaz | |
| instrumental | *sankwō | *sankwamiz | |
Descendants
- Old Norse: sǫkk
- Faroese: søkk
- Icelandic: sökk
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰 (saggqa)
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sankwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 318