Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snarhǭ

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

Traditionally taken to be from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk- (“to wind up, contract”),^[1] which may further stem from a root *(s)ner- (“to wrap; wind; lace; shrink; shrivel”); however, this is disputed, likely due to paucity of attested descendants as well as the divergent semantics of said descendants. Orel does not mention this theory, and instead marks the origin of the word and its relatives within Germanic as isolated and unknown.^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑr.xɔ̃ː/

Noun

*snarhǭ f^[2]

loop; sling; noose

Inflection

Declension of *snarhǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snarhǭ	*snarhōniz
vocative	*snarhǭ	*snarhōniz
accusative	*snarhōnų	*snarhōnunz
genitive	*snarhōniz	*snarhōnǫ̂
dative	*snarhōni	*snarhōmaz
instrumental	*snarhōnē	*snarhōmiz

Derived terms

*snarhijǭ

Related terms

*snarhaz
*snarhijaną
*snarhōną
*snerhaną
*snōrijǭ
*snōrō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snarhā
- Old English: sneare; snearu
  - Middle English: snare, snaare, snarr, snarre
    - English: snare
    - Scots: snare
- Old Frisian: *snare
  - Saterland Frisian: Snoare
  - West Frisian: snaar
- Old Saxon: *snarha, *snara; (snari, *sneri < (*snarhijǭ))
  - Middle Low German: snar, snare; (snere)
    - German Low German: Snaar
    - → Polabian: snör
- Old Dutch: snara
  - Middle Dutch: snare, snaer
    - Dutch: snaar
      - Afrikaans: snaar
      - → Caribbean Javanese: senar
      - → Indonesian: senar
- Old High German: snarha, snaraha, snarahha, snaracha
  - Middle High German: snare
    - German: Schnarre
Old Norse: snara
- Icelandic: snara
- Faroese: snara
- Norwegian: snare
- Old Swedish: snara, snæra
  - Swedish: snara
- Old Danish: snaræ
  - Danish: snare

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*snerk-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 574
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snarxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snerxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*snerk-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 574

[HGE-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snarxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

[3] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snerxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

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