Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smukkōną

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 Pre-Germanic *smuknéh₂-, iterative formation to *smeuganą (to creep, slip into). Cognate with Lithuanian smùkti (to slide, slip), Czech smeknouti (to strip).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmuk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smukkōną

  1. to slide into, slip through
  2. to creep, slink

Inflection

The original paradigm was made up of singular *smukk- against non-singular *smug-. This allowed for later analogical leveling throughout the dialects.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *smukkō *smukkǭ *smukkōi ?
2nd singular *smukkōsi *smukkōs *smukkō *smukkōsai *smukkōsau
3rd singular *smukkōþi *smukkō *smukkōþau *smukkōþai *smukkōþau
1st dual *smukkōs *smukkōw
2nd dual *smukkōþiz *smukkōþiz *smukkōþiz
1st plural *smukkōmaz *smukkōm *smukkōnþai *smukkōnþau
2nd plural *smukkōþ *smukkōþ *smukkōþ *smukkōnþai *smukkōnþau
3rd plural *smukkōnþi *smukkōn *smukkōnþau *smukkōnþai *smukkōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *smukkōdǭ *smukkōdēdį̄
2nd singular *smukkōdēz *smukkōdēdīz
3rd singular *smukkōdē *smukkōdēdī
1st dual *smukkōdēdū *smukkōdēdīw
2nd dual *smukkōdēdudiz *smukkōdēdīdiz
1st plural *smukkōdēdum *smukkōdēdīm
2nd plural *smukkōdēdud *smukkōdēdīd
3rd plural *smukkōdēdun *smukkōdēdīn
present past
participles *smukkōndz *smukkōdaz

Descendants

  • (Dutch: smokkelen) (with secondary frequentative suffix)
  • Old Norse: *smokka, *smugga
    • Faroese: smokka
    • Norwegian: smugga

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*smukk/gōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460