Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skankijaną

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 *skankaz (askew) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skankijaną[1]

  1. to skew, tilt, tip
  2. to pour (a drink)

Usage notes

The sense "to give" found in continental West Germanic is a late development that is not attested before the late Middle Ages.

Conjugation

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skankijō *skankijaų *skankijai ?
2nd singular *skankīsi *skankijais *skankī *skankijasai *skankijaisau
3rd singular *skankīþi *skankijai *skankijaþau *skankijaþai *skankijaiþau
1st dual *skankijōs *skankijaiw
2nd dual *skankijaþiz *skankijaiþiz *skankijaþiz
1st plural *skankijamaz *skankijaim *skankijanþai *skankijainþau
2nd plural *skankīþ *skankijaiþ *skankīþ *skankijanþai *skankijainþau
3rd plural *skankijanþi *skankijain *skankijanþau *skankijanþai *skankijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skankidǭ *skankidēdį̄
2nd singular *skankidēz *skankidēdīz
3rd singular *skankidē *skankidēdī
1st dual *skankidēdū *skankidēdīw
2nd dual *skankidēdudiz *skankidēdīdiz
1st plural *skankidēdum *skankidēdīm
2nd plural *skankidēdud *skankidēdīd
3rd plural *skankidēdun *skankidēdīn
present past
participles *skankijandz *skankidaz

Derived terms

  • *skankijô (one who pours/serves drinks)

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skankijan
    • Old English: sċenċan
      • Middle English: schenken, schenchen
    • Old Frisian: skenka
      • Saterland Frisian: schoanke, skoanke
      • West Frisian: skinke
    • Old Saxon: skenkian
    • Old Dutch: skenken
    • Old High German: scenken
  • Old Norse: skekkja (to skew; displace)
    • Icelandic: skekkja (to skew; (poetic) to pour (drink))

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334