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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snīkaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sneyg- (“to crawl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsniː.kɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*snīkaną[1]
- to crawl
- to creep
Inflection
Conjugation of *snīkaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *snīkō | *snīkaų | — | *snīkai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *snīkizi | *snīkaiz | *snīk | *snīkazai | *snīkaizau |
| 3rd singular | *snīkidi | *snīkai | *snīkadau | *snīkadai | *snīkaidau |
| 1st dual | *snīkōz | *snīkaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *snīkadiz | *snīkaidiz | *snīkadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *snīkamaz | *snīkaim | — | *snīkandai | *snīkaindau |
| 2nd plural | *snīkid | *snīkaid | *snīkid | *snīkandai | *snīkaindau |
| 3rd plural | *snīkandi | *snīkain | *snīkandau | *snīkandai | *snīkaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *snaik | *snikį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *snaiht | *snikīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *snaik | *snikī | |||
| 1st dual | *snikū | *snikīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *snikudiz | *snikīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *snikum | *snikīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *snikud | *snikīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *snikun | *snikīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *snīkandz | *snikanaz | |||
Related terms
- *snakô
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *snīkan
- Old English: snīcan
- Middle English: sniken
- English: sneak; snitch
- Scots: sneke, sneak
- Middle English: sniken
- Old English: snīcan
- Old Norse: sníkja (weak verb) (< *snīkijaną)
- Danish: snige
- Faroese: sníkja
- Icelandic: sníkja
- Norwegian: snike
- Swedish: snika
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*snīkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358