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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Derived from either *smukkōną (“to creep, slink, slip”) or from the same zero-grade root representing Pre-Germanic *smuknós, either way from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to slip, slide”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*smukkaz m
- smock, shift, something slipped into
Inflection
Declension of *smukkaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*smukkaz
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*smukkōz, *smukkōs
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vocative
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*smukk
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*smukkōz, *smukkōs
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accusative
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*smukką
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*smukkanz
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genitive
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*smukkas, *smukkis
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*smukkǫ̂
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dative
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*smukkai
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*smukkamaz
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instrumental
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*smukkō
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*smukkamiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*smukk/gōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460: “*smukka-”