Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smukkaz

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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

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

  1. smock, shift, something slipped into

Inflection

Declension of *smukkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *smukkaz *smukkōz, *smukkōs
vocative *smukk *smukkōz, *smukkōs
accusative *smukką *smukkanz
genitive *smukkas, *smukkis *smukkǫ̂
dative *smukkai *smukkamaz
instrumental *smukkō *smukkamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: smoc, smocc
  • Old Norse: smokkr

References

  1. ^ 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-