Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skukkōną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

An unetymological iterative to *skakaną (to shake). Due to the frequency of iteratives appearing with zero-grade *-u- and o-grade *-a-, these vowels began to be used to create iteratives to roots where they were unwarranted.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskuk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skukkōną

  1. (West Germanic) to shake, move swiftly

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skukk- against non-singular *skug-.

Descendants

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skukk/gōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450