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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)keng-
Proto-Indo-European
Alternative forms
- *(s)kenǵ-[1]
Root
*(s)keng-[1]
- to limp, hobble
- to tilt, be askew
Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)keng-
- *(s)kéng-e-ti (thematic present)[1]
- Proto-Celtic: *kengeti (“to step, tread”)
- Old Irish: cingid, ·cing
- Irish: cinn
- Old Irish: cingid, ·cing
- Proto-Germanic: *hinkaną
- Proto-West Germanic: *hinkan (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *k⁽ʰ⁾ánȷ́ati
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kʰánȷ́ati
- Sanskrit: खञ्जति (kháñjati, “to limp”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kʰánȷ́ati
- Proto-Celtic: *kengeti (“to step, tread”)
- *(s)kn̥g-yé-ti (deponent yé-present)[1]
- Proto-Hellenic: *skəďďō
- Ancient Greek: σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”)
- Greek: σκάζω (skázo)
- ⇒ Ancient Greek: σκάζων (skázōn) (see there for further descendants)
- Ancient Greek: σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”)
- Proto-Hellenic: *skəďďō
- *(s)keng-et-s
- Proto-Celtic: *kengets (“warrior (< one who treads)”) (see there for further descendants)
- *(s)kéng-s-mn̥
- Proto-Celtic: *kanxsman (“step, act of stepping”) (see there for further descendants)
- *(s)kéng-ō ~ *(s)kn̥g-n-és
- Proto-Germanic: *skinkô (“thigh, shank”)
- Proto-West Germanic: *skinkō (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *skunkô
- Proto-Germanic: *skinkô (“thigh, shank”)
- *(s)kóng-ō
- Proto-Germanic: *skankô (“that which is bent; thigh, shank”) (see there for further descendants)
- *(s)kong-os
- Proto-Germanic: *skankaz (“askew, tilted”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skankijaną (“to skew, tilt, tip, pour”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skankijô (“pourer of drinks”)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skankijaną (“to skew, tilt, tip, pour”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *skankaz (“askew, tilted”) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *šęgati[2]
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: шегати (šegati, “to make fun of”), шегавъ (šegavŭ, “giddy; fickle”)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: шѧгати (šęgati, “to joke”)
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *šęga (“silliness, joke, prank”) (see there for further descendants)
- East Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *šęgati[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *skankōną
- →? Proto-Finnic: *kenkä (“shoe”)
- →? Proto-Samic: *kieŋkē (“sole of a sledge runner or keel”)
References
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*(s)ken⁽g̑⁾- ‘hinken’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 555
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “шега”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress