Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siniskalk

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz, from *siniz (“old”) +‎ *skalkaz (“servant”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (siniskalks).

Noun

*siniskalk m[1][2]

  1. seneschal

Declension

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *siniskalk
Genitive *siniskalkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *siniskalk *siniskalkō, *siniskalkōs
Accusative *siniskalk *siniskalkā
Genitive *siniskalkas *siniskalkō
Dative *siniskalkē *siniskalkum
Instrumental *siniskalku *siniskalkum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “sen(o)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 907-908
  2. ^ Brachet, A. (1882) “SÉNÉCHAL”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 3rd edition, London: Oxford/Henry Frowde, page 358b
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