Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snakōną

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 *snak- (“to breathe, blow; sigh”), of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”).

Verb

*snakōną

to blow, waft
to breathe in or out
to take a whiff, sniff, smell

Inflection

Conjugation of *snakōną (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*snakō	*snakǭ	—	*snakōi	?
2nd singular	*snakōsi	*snakōs	*snakō	*snakōsai	*snakōsau
3rd singular	*snakōþi	*snakō	*snakōþau	*snakōþai	*snakōþau
1st dual	*snakōs	*snakōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snakōþiz	*snakōþiz	*snakōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*snakōmaz	*snakōm	—	*snakōnþai	*snakōnþau
2nd plural	*snakōþ	*snakōþ	*snakōþ	*snakōnþai	*snakōnþau
3rd plural	*snakōnþi	*snakōn	*snakōnþau	*snakōnþai	*snakōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snakōdǭ	*snakōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*snakōdēz	*snakōdēdīz
3rd singular	*snakōdē	*snakōdēdī
1st dual	*snakōdēdū	*snakōdēdīw
2nd dual	*snakōdēdudiz	*snakōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*snakōdēdum	*snakōdēdīm
2nd plural	*snakōdēdud	*snakōdēdīd
3rd plural	*snakōdēdun	*snakōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*snakōndz	*snakōdaz

Derived terms

*snakkōną (“to chatter, jabber”, iterative)
*snakutjaną/*snakitjaną (“to sob”)
- Proto-West Germanic: *snakittjan
  - Old High German: *snehhizzen, *snihhizzen, *snichizzen
    - ⇒ Old High German: snihhizzunga, snichizzunga
- Old Norse: snǫkta
  - Icelandic: snökta

Related terms

*snakkaz/*snakkǭ (“boat, sailing vessel”) (possibly)
*snakuz/*snakjaz (adjective)
- Proto-West Germanic: *snaki/*snakkī
  - ⇒ Old English: twīsnæċe, twīsneċe, twīsnæċċe
  - ⇒ Old English: þrīsnæċe, þrīsneċe, þrīsnæċċe

Descendants

Old Norse: snaka (“to sniff, catch wind of”)
- Icelandic: snaka (“to sniff around”)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: snaka (“to sneak, snoop around to get a hold of something”)
- Swedish: snaka (“to cadge, scrounge, mooch, freeload”) (dialectal)
- Danish: snage (“to sniff”)
- →? Dutch: snaken (“to desire, crave”) (or possibly derived from Dutch gesnak, gesnaak)