Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smukkaz

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

• *smukkô

Etymology

Derived from either *smukkōną (“to creep, slink, slip”) or from the same zero-grade root representing Pre-Germanic *smuknós, from Proto-Indo-European *smewk- (“to slip, slide”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuk.kɑz/

Noun

*smukkaz m

1. smock, shift, something slipped into

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *smukkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smukkaz	*smukkōz, *smukkōs
vocative	*smukk	*smukkōz, *smukkōs
accusative	*smukką	*smukkanz
genitive	*smukkas, *smukkis	*smukkǫ̂
dative	*smukkai	*smukkamaz
instrumental	*smukkō	*smukkamiz

Related terms

• *smeuganą

Descendants

• Old English: smoc, smocc
  • Middle English: smoc
    • English: smock
• Old Norse: smokkr
  • >? Icelandic: smokkur

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN