Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snēkô

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

From a vṛddhi derivative of *sneganą (“to crawl, sneak”) +‎ *-ô (agent suffix). Kroonen suggests an original *snēgô ~ *snakkaz paradigm, making Proto-West Germanic *snakō a parallel formation.^[1]

Noun

*snēkô m^[1]

person or thing that crawls, creeps

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *snēkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snēkô	*snēkaniz
vocative	*snēkô	*snēkaniz
accusative	*snēkanų	*snēkanunz
genitive	*snēkiniz	*snēkanǫ̂
dative	*snēkini	*snēkammaz
instrumental	*snēkinē	*snēkammiz

Alternative reconstructions

*snēkaz^[2]^[3]
*snēkuz^[4]

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snākō
- Old High German: *snāko (“gnat”)^[5]
  - Middle High German: snāke
    - German: Schnake
      - Hunsrik: Schnok
Old Norse: snákr, snókr
- Icelandic: snákur, snókur
- Faroese: snákur
- Norwegian: snok
- Norwegian: snäk (dialectal)
- Elfdalian: snųok
- Old Swedish: snōker
  - Swedish: snok
- Danish: snog
- Gutnish: snok

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137: “*snēk^kan-”
^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 442: “snǣk-a-z”
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*snēkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snok”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 812: “urnord. *snākuʀ”
^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schnake”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 137: “*snēk^kan-”

[2] Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 442: “snǣk-a-z”

[3] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*snēkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

[4] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snok”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 812: “urnord. *snākuʀ”

[5] Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schnake”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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