Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snakkǭ

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

Alternative forms

*snakkaz m

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *snak-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”).

Noun

*snakkǭ f

sailing vessel, boat

Inflection

Declension of *snakkǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snakkǭ	*snakkōniz
vocative	*snakkǭ	*snakkōniz
accusative	*snakkōnų	*snakkōnunz
genitive	*snakkōniz	*snakkōnǫ̂
dative	*snakkōni	*snakkōmaz
instrumental	*snakkōnē	*snakkōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snakk m; *snakkā f
- Old English: snacc m
  - Middle English: snack, snak
- Old High German: snagga f
  - Middle High German: *snagge, *snacke
    - German: Schnacke, Schnake (dialectal)
      - → Swedish: schnacke
⇒ Old Norse: snekkja
- Icelandic: snekkja
- Faroese: snekkja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: snekkja
- Old Swedish: snækkia
  - Swedish: snäcka, snäkkja (dialectal)
- Old Danish: snække
  - Danish: snekke
    - → English: snekke
    - → Dutch: snek
  - → Middle Low German: snecke, snicke
    - → Middle High German: snecke
  - → Middle Dutch: snicke
    - Dutch: snik
- → Old French: esnecke, esneque, esneche