Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skankijō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Germanic *skankijaną.

Noun

*skankijō m

drink server
cupbearer

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skankijō
Genitive	*skankijini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skankijō	*skankijan
Accusative	*skankijan	*skankijan
Genitive	*skankijini	*skankijanō
Dative	*skankijini	*skankijum
Instrumental	*skankijini	*skankijum

Descendants

Old English: sċenċ (“a draught; cup; beaker”).
- Middle English: schenche (“drink, cup; cup-bearer”)
Old Frisian: skanze, skenze (“a canteen; jug; tankard”)
- Saterland Frisian: Schoanke
Old Saxon: skenkio
- Middle Low German: scenke, schenke
Old Dutch: *skenco
- Middle Dutch: schenke, schinke
Old High German: scenco, scencho
- Middle High German: schenke
  - German: Schenk
→ Old French: eschançon, eschanson, eschançun (see there for further descendants)