*kwinkaną

Runic: ᚲᚹᛁᚾᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkʷiŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to go out
to vanish, disappear

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Vladimir Orel, possibly a derived term formed from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-, the root of Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi) (sbénnūmi, ‘I extinguish, quench’), Proto-Slavic *gasìti (‘to extinguish’), Lithuanian gèsti (‘to extinguish’), Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati) (jāsáyati, ‘to exhaust, weaken’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	kwinkō	kwinkaų	–
2nd singular	kwinkizi	kwinkaiz	kwink
3rd singular	kwinkidi	kwinkai	kwinkadau
1st dual	kwinkōz	kwinkaiw	–
2nd dual	kwinkadiz	kwinkaidiz	kwinkadiz
1st plural	kwinkamaz	kwinkaim	–
2nd plural	kwinkid	kwinkaid	kwinkid
3rd plural	kwinkandi	kwinkain	kwinkandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	kwinkai	–
2nd singular	kwinkazai	kwinkaizau
3rd singular	kwinkadai	kwinkaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	kwinkandai	kwinkaindau
2nd plural	kwinkandai	kwinkaindau
3rd plural	kwinkandai	kwinkaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	kwank	kunkį̄
2nd singular	kwanht	kunkīz
3rd singular	kwank	kunkī
1st dual	kunkū	kunkīw
2nd dual	kunkudiz	kunkīdiz
1st plural	kunkum	kunkīm
2nd plural	kunkud	kunkīd
3rd plural	kunkun	kunkīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
kwinkaną	kwinkandz	kunkanaz

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Descendants

*kwinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- cwincan (Old English)
*kwinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwinkan (Old Dutch)
  - kwinken, kwincken (Middle Dutch)
    - quinch (English)
    - quinken (German Low German)
    - kwinkje (Saterland Frisian)
*kwinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kwinkan (Old Dutch)
  - kwinken, kwincken (Middle Dutch)
    - kwinken (Dutch)
      - kwinkelen (Dutch)
*kwinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- quinka (Old Frisian)
  - ūtquinka (Old Frisian)

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