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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snakaną,[1][2][3][4][5] secondary o-grade intensive from *snakkōną, o-grade iterative to *sneganą (“to crawl, creep”).
Verb
*snakan
- to crawl
Inflection
| Strong class 6
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| Infinitive
|
*snakan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*snōk
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*snōkun
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| Past ptcple
|
*snakan
|
| Infinitive
|
*snakan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*snakannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*snakannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
|
*snakannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
|
*snaku
|
*snōk
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| 2nd singular
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*snakiʀi
|
*snōkī
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| 3rd singular
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*snakidi
|
*snōk
|
| 1st plural
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*snakum
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*snōkum
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| 2nd plural
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*snakid
|
*snōkud
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| 3rd plural
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*snakand
|
*snōkun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
|
| 1st singular
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*snakē
|
*snōkī
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| 2nd singular
|
*snakēs
|
*snōkī
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| 3rd singular
|
*snakē
|
*snōkī
|
| 1st plural
|
*snakēm
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*snōkīm
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| 2nd plural
|
*snakēþ
|
*snōkīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*snakēn
|
*snōkīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*snak
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| Plural
|
*snakid
|
|
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Present
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Past
|
| Participle
|
*snakandī
|
*snakan
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ 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, pages 442-443
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snakanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
- ^ 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
- ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *snak-”
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Snaak”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 666: “germ. rot *snak”
