Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sankwą

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This Proto-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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to *sinkwaną (to sink).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*sankwą n[1]

  1. a sinking

Inflection[edit]

neuter a-stemDeclension of *sankwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sankwą *sankwō
vocative *sankwą *sankwō
accusative *sankwą *sankwō
genitive *sankwas, *sankwis *sankwǫ̂
dative *sankwai *sankwamaz
instrumental *sankwō *sankwamiz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sankwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 318