Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snarkōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly metathesized from Proto-Indo-European *srengʰ-, cognate with Lithuanian snarglýs (“snot”), Old Irish srennaid (“to snore”), Ancient Greek ῥέγκω (rhénkō, “to snore”), Sanskrit शृङ्खाणिका (śṛṅkhāṇikā, “snot”).

Alternatively, perhaps from earlier *snarrukōn, equivalent to *snarrōn (“to buzz, drone, snarl”) +‎ *-ukōn.

Verb

*snarkōn

1. to snore, snort

Inflection

Alternative reconstructions

• *snarrikōn

Related terms

• *snarrōn

Descendants

• Old English: *snearcian, *sniercian
  • Middle English: *snerken, *snarken
    • English: snark (likely borrowed from Low German)
    • Scots: snark (likely borrowed from Low German)
• Old Frisian: *snarkia
  • >? North Frisian: snarke (perhaps a borrowing from Low German or Danish)
• Old Saxon: *snarkōn
  • Middle Low German: snarken
    • German Low German:

      Low Prussian: schnarken

      Westphalian:

      Sauerländisch: schnarken (Drolshagen, Kirchhundem, Olpe), schnareken (Selbecke)

    • → Danish: snarke
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: snarka, snarke
    • → Old Swedish: snarka
      • Swedish: snarka
• Old Dutch: *snerkon (< *snarrikōn)
  • Middle Dutch: snerken
    • Dutch: snerken
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: snerka
    • → Old Swedish: snærka
      • Swedish: snärka (dialectal)
• Old High German: *snarhōn
  • Middle High German: snarchen
    • German: schnarchen
    • ⇒ Middle High German: snarchelen, snarcheln
      • German: schnarcheln
  • ⇒ Old High German: gisnarhōn