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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwinkaną
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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. According to Vladimir Orel, possibly a derived term formed from the root of Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi, “I extinguish, quench”), Proto-Slavic *gasìti (“to extinguish”), Lithuanian gèsti (“to extinguish”), Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati, “to exhaust, weaken”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʷiŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *kwinkaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *kwinkō | *kwinkaų | — | *kwinkai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *kwinkizi | *kwinkaiz | *kwink | *kwinkazai | *kwinkaizau |
| 3rd singular | *kwinkidi | *kwinkai | *kwinkadau | *kwinkadai | *kwinkaidau |
| 1st dual | *kwinkōz | *kwinkaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *kwinkadiz | *kwinkaidiz | *kwinkadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *kwinkamaz | *kwinkaim | — | *kwinkandai | *kwinkaindau |
| 2nd plural | *kwinkid | *kwinkaid | *kwinkid | *kwinkandai | *kwinkaindau |
| 3rd plural | *kwinkandi | *kwinkain | *kwinkandau | *kwinkandai | *kwinkaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *kwank | *kunkį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *kwanht | *kunkīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *kwank | *kunkī | |||
| 1st dual | *kunkū | *kunkīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *kunkudiz | *kunkīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *kunkum | *kunkīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *kunkud | *kunkīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *kunkun | *kunkīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *kwinkandz | *kunkanaz | |||
Derived terms
See also
Descendants
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kwenkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
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