Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smeuganą

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 reconstructions

*smūganą

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to slip, slide”), *smewg- (“to slip, glide; be slimy”), with -g- instead of expected -h-, likely due to influence from the causative or iterative formations. Cognate with Lithuanian smaũkti (“to pull, don, roll up”), Slovene smúkati (“to scurry, slip”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsmeu̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smeuganą^[1]^[2]

to creep, slip through or into

Inflection

Conjugation of *smeuganą (strong class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*smeugō	*smeugaų	—	*smeugai	?
2nd singular	*smiugizi	*smeugaiz	*smeug	*smeugazai	*smeugaizau
3rd singular	*smiugidi	*smeugai	*smeugadau	*smeugadai	*smeugaidau
1st dual	*smeugōz	*smeugaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smeugadiz	*smeugaidiz	*smeugadiz	—	—
1st plural	*smeugamaz	*smeugaim	—	*smeugandai	*smeugaindau
2nd plural	*smiugid	*smeugaid	*smiugid	*smeugandai	*smeugaindau
3rd plural	*smeugandi	*smeugain	*smeugandau	*smeugandai	*smeugaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smaug	*smugį̄
2nd singular	*smauht	*smugīz
3rd singular	*smaug	*smugī
1st dual	*smugū	*smugīw
2nd dual	*smugudiz	*smugīdiz
1st plural	*smugum	*smugīm
2nd plural	*smugud	*smugīd
3rd plural	*smugun	*smugīn

	present	past
participles	*smeugandz	*smuganaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *smeugan, *smūgan
- Old English: smūgan
  - Middle English: smuȝen
    - Scots: smue, smow, smoo
- Old Frisian: *smūga
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: smūginge
- Old Dutch: *smūgan, *smiogan
  - Middle Dutch: *smugen, *smiegen
    - Dutch: smuigen, smiegen, smoegen
- Old High German: smiogan
  - Middle High German: smiegen
    - German: schmiegen
Old Norse: smjúga
- Icelandic: smjúga
- Faroese: smúgva
- Danish: smyge
- Old Swedish: smiūgha
  - Swedish: smyga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: smyga, smyge

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*smeugan- ~ *smūgan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*smeuʒanan ~ *smūʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*smeugan- ~ *smūgan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*smeuʒanan ~ *smūʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354

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