Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sneufaną

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sneufaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Unclear, possibly related to *snūtaz (“snout”) and *snūtijaną (“to blow one's nose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsneu̯.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sneufaną[1]

1. to sniff, to snort

Inflection

Conjugation of *sneufaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sneufō	*sneufaų	—	*sneufai	*?
2nd singular	*sniufizi	*sneufaiz	*sneuf	*sneufazai	*sneufaizau
3rd singular	*sniufidi	*sneufai	*sneufadau	*sneufadai	*sneufaidau
1st dual	*sneufōz	*sneufaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sneufadiz	*sneufaidiz	*sneufadiz	—	—
1st plural	*sneufamaz	*sneufaim	—	*sneufandai	*sneufaindau
2nd plural	*sniufid	*sneufaid	*sniufid	*sneufandai	*sneufaindau
3rd plural	*sneufandi	*sneufain	*sneufandau	*sneufandai	*sneufaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snauf	*snubį̄
2nd singular	*snauft	*snubīz
3rd singular	*snauf	*snubī
1st dual	*snubū	*snubīw
2nd dual	*snubudiz	*snubīdiz
1st plural	*snubum	*snubīm
2nd plural	*snubud	*snubīd
3rd plural	*snubun	*snubīn
	present	past
participles	*sneufandz	*snubanaz

Alternative forms

• *snūfaną

Related terms

• *snuppōną

Descendants

• West Germanic: *sneufan, *snūfan
  • Old Saxon: *snūvan
    • Middle Low German: snūven
      • Low German: snuven
  • Old Dutch: *snūvan
    • Middle Dutch: snuven
      • Dutch: snuiven
  • Old High German: *snūfan, *sniofan, *snūban
    • Middle Dutch: snūfen, *sniefen, *snūben
      • German: schnaufen, schniefen, schnauben

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 292