Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snakô

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 *snakaną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (“to creep, crawl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑ.kɔːː/

Noun

*snakô m

snake

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *snakô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snakô	*snakaniz
vocative	*snakô	*snakaniz
accusative	*snakanų	*snakanunz
genitive	*snakiniz	*snakanǫ̂
dative	*snakini	*snakammaz
instrumental	*snakinē	*snakammiz

Related terms

*snēkaz

Descendants

Old English: snaca m; snacu f
- Middle English: snake
  - Scots: snak, snake, snaik
  - English: snake
Old Frisian: *snake
- West Frisian: snaak
Old Saxon: *snako
- Middle Low German: snāke
  - German Low German: Snake, Snaak
  - → German: Schnake
  - Low German: snaak
Old Dutch: *snako
- Middle Dutch: snake
  - Dutch: snaak
  - West Flemish: snake
Old Norse: snákr, snókr
- Icelandic: snákur
- Old Swedish: snōker
  - Swedish: snok
- Norwegian: snok
- Danish: snog
- Elfdalian: snųok
- Gutnish: snok

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