Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sneufaną

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

Uncertain, possibly related to *snūtaz (“snout”) and *snūtijaną (“to blow one's nose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsneu̯.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sneufaną[1]

  1. to sniff, to snort

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sneufō *sneufaų — *sneufai ?
2nd singular *sniufizi *sneufaiz *sneuf *sneufazai *sneufaizau
3rd singular *sniufidi *sneufai *sneufadau *sneufadai *sneufaidau
1st dual *sneufōz *sneufaiw — — —
2nd dual *sneufadiz *sneufaidiz *sneufadiz — —
1st plural *sneufamaz *sneufaim — *sneufandai *sneufaindau
2nd plural *sniufid *sneufaid *sniufid *sneufandai *sneufaindau
3rd plural *sneufandi *sneufain *sneufandau *sneufandai *sneufaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *snauf *snubį̄
2nd singular *snauft *snubīz
3rd singular *snauf *snubī
1st dual *snubū *snubīw
2nd dual *snubudiz *snubīdiz
1st plural *snubum *snubīm
2nd plural *snubud *snubīd
3rd plural *snubun *snubīn
present past
participles *sneufandz *snubanaz

Alternative forms

  • *snūfaną
  • *snuppōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sneufan, *snūfan
    • Old Saxon: *snūvan
      • Middle Low German: snūven
        • Low German: snuven
    • Old Dutch: *snūvan
      • Middle Dutch: snuven
    • Old High German: *snūfan, *sniofan, *snūban

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 292
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