Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skankô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; be crooked; slant”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*skankô m

  1. that which is bent
  2. shank; thigh
    Synonyms: *skinkô, *þeuhą

Inflection

Declension of *skankô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skankô *skankaniz
vocative *skankô *skankaniz
accusative *skankanų *skankanunz
genitive *skankiniz *skankanǫ̂
dative *skankini *skankammaz
instrumental *skankinē *skankammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skankō
    • Old English: sċanca, sċeanca, sċeonca
      • Middle English: schanke, sconke, sceonke, schonke, shanke
    • Old Frisian:
    • Old Saxon: *skenka
    • Old Dutch: *skenko
      • Middle Dutch: schencke
  • Old Norse: skakki

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skankaz ~ *skankōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
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