Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skankô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp; be crooked; slant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɑŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*skankô m

that which is bent
(anatomy) shank; thigh

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *skankô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skankô	*skankaniz
vocative	*skankô	*skankaniz
accusative	*skankanų	*skankanunz
genitive	*skankiniz	*skankanǫ̂
dative	*skankini	*skankammaz
instrumental	*skankinē	*skankammiz

Derived terms

*skankilaz

Related terms

*skankaz
*skankijaną
*skankōną
*skinkô
*skunkô

Descendants

Old English: sċanca, sċeanca, sċeonca
- Middle English: schanke, sconke, sceonke, schonke, shanke
  - English: shank
  - Scots: schank, schanck
Old Saxon: *skenka
- Middle Low German: schenke
  - Dutch Low Saxon: schenke
Old Dutch: *skenko
- Middle Dutch: schencke
Old Norse: skakki
- Norwegian: skonk (dialectal)
- Swedish: skank
- Danish: skank
⇒ Germanic: *skankilaz
- Old Saxon: *skenkil
  - Middle Low German: schenkel
    - Westphalian:
      Westmünsterländisch: Schenkel
- Old Dutch: *skenkil
  - Middle Dutch: scenkel, schenkel
    - Dutch: schenkel
- Old High German: *skenkil
  - Middle High German: schenkel
    - German: Schenkel

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