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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snerkaną
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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)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 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
- *snarkijaną
- *snurkijaną
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 English: ġesneorcan
- Old English: *sneorcan
- Old Norse: *snerka; *snorkinn; snorkil (noun)
- Icelandic: snorkinn (ppt)
- Norwegian: snerka, snerke (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: snorkin
- → Middle English: *snirken; snorkil
- Scots: snirk (intransitive senses)