Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slakwjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Causative of *slekwaną (“to extinguish, go out”). Seebold leaves the origin open,[1] while Orel compares Lithuanian slė́gti (“to press, squeeze”) and Latin langueo (“to be faint”), apparently considering the verb related to *slakaz (“weak, slack”).[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
*slakwjaną
- (North Germanic) (transitive) to quench, extinguish
Inflection
Conjugation of *slakwjaną (weak class 1)
Alternative reconstructions
*slakw-eja-[1]
Related terms
- *slekwaną (“to extinguish, go out”)
- *slukwnōną (“to go out”)
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SLEKW-*A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 431
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slakwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349