søkkva

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (to sink, to drop). The -nk--kk- and other nasal-stop assimilations often caused restoration of Pre-Proto-Germanic *e from traditional *i, compare kreppa and detta.

Compare Old English sincan, Old Frisian sinka, Old Saxon sinkan, Old High German sinkan, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

Verb

søkkva (singular past indicative sǫkk, plural past indicative sukku, past participle sokkinn) (Old West Norse)

  1. (intransitive) to sink
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: sökkva
  • Faroese: søkka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søkka
  • Elfdalian: sikka

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

søkkva (singular past indicative søkkti, plural past indicative søkktu, past participle søkktr)

  1. (transitive, causative, with dative) to let sink
Conjugation
  • søkkva
Descendants

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