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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; often cited as being related to Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “snake”), however the Sanskrit requires Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg-, whilst the Germanic demands aspirated *snegʰ-.[1] A connection to *snīkaną (“to crawl, creep”), is very tempting but difficult to reconcile morphologically.
Verb
*sneganą[2][3]
- to crawl, creep
Inflection
Conjugation of
*sneganą (strong class 5)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snakan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 460-461
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “Germ. *sneg-, *snag-”
- ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *sneʒ-, *snaʒ-”