Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slinkaną

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.

Close to the synonym *slingwaną, though with some formal diffulty. Presumably degeminated from earlier *slenkk-, from pre-Germanic *sln̥k-né(h₂)- or similar with a return to the full grade, from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (or perhaps *slenkʷ-); this could explain the different coda stop reflexes without needing to assume two separate PIE roots. Related to Lithuanian slinkti and slenkù (“to creep, sneak”). Perhaps partly sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

*slinkaną^[1][2]

1. To creep; crawl; slink

• *slangô
• *slankaz
• *slingwaną
• *slīkaną

• Old English: slincan
  • Middle English: slynken
    • Scots: slink
    • English: slink
• Old Frisian: *slinka
  • Saterland Frisian: slinke
  • West Frisian: slinke
• Old Saxon: *slinkan
  • Middle Low German: slinken
    • Low German: slinken
• Old Dutch: *slinkan
  • Middle Dutch: slinken
    • Dutch: slinken
• Old Norse: *slinka
  • Old Swedish: slinka
    • Swedish: slinka
  • Gutnish: slinke, slink', slinka