Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slūkaną

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

Cognate with Old Irish sluccim (“to swallow”) and Ancient Greek λύζω (lúzō, “to hiccup”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsluː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slūkaną^[1]

to swallow

Inflection

Conjugation of *slūkaną (strong class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*slūkō	*slūkaų	—	*slūkai	?
2nd singular	*slūkizi	*slūkaiz	*slūk	*slūkazai	*slūkaizau
3rd singular	*slūkidi	*slūkai	*slūkadau	*slūkadai	*slūkaidau
1st dual	*slūkōz	*slūkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slūkadiz	*slūkaidiz	*slūkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*slūkamaz	*slūkaim	—	*slūkandai	*slūkaindau
2nd plural	*slūkid	*slūkaid	*slūkid	*slūkandai	*slūkaindau
3rd plural	*slūkandi	*slūkain	*slūkandau	*slūkandai	*slūkaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slauk	*slukį̄
2nd singular	*slauht	*slukīz
3rd singular	*slauk	*slukī
1st dual	*slukū	*slukīw
2nd dual	*slukudiz	*slukīdiz
1st plural	*slukum	*slukīm
2nd plural	*slukud	*slukīd
3rd plural	*slukun	*slukīn

	present	past
participles	*slūkandz	*slukanaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *slūkan
- Old Saxon: slūkan
  - Middle Low German: sluken
    - → Norwegian:
      - → Norwegian Bokmål: sluke
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: sluka, sluke
    - → Swedish: sluka
- Old Dutch: slūkan
  - Middle Dutch: sluken
- Old Dutch: *slūhan
  - Middle Dutch: slūchen
    - German: schlauchen

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slūkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slūkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352

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