*sinkwaną

Runic: ᛊᛁᚾᚲᚹᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsiŋʷ.kʷɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to sink

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (‘to sink, to drop’). Cognate with Old Armenian անկանիմ (ankanim) and ընկենում (ənkenum).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularsinkwōsinkwaų–
2nd singularsinkwizisinkwaizsinkw
3rd singularsinkwidisinkwaisinkwadau
1st dualsinkwōzsinkwaiw–
2nd dualsinkwadizsinkwaidizsinkwadiz
1st pluralsinkwamazsinkwaim–
2nd pluralsinkwidsinkwaidsinkwid
3rd pluralsinkwandisinkwainsinkwandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsinkwai–
2nd singularsinkwazaisinkwaizau
3rd singularsinkwadaisinkwaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralsinkwandaisinkwaindau
2nd pluralsinkwandaisinkwaindau
3rd pluralsinkwandaisinkwaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsankwsunkį̄
2nd singularsanhtsunkīz
3rd singularsankwsunkī
1st dualsunkūsunkīw
2nd dualsunkudizsunkīdiz
1st pluralsunkumsunkīm
2nd pluralsunkudsunkīd
3rd pluralsunkunsunkīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
sinkwaną sinkwandz sunkanaz

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Descendants

  • *sinkwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sincan (Old Dutch)
      • sinken (Middle Dutch)
        • zinken (Dutch)
        • zinke (Limburgish)
  • *sinkwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sincan (Old English)
      • synken (Middle English)
        • sink (English)
        • sink (Scots)
  • *sinkwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sinka (Old Frisian)
      • sinke (Saterland Frisian)
      • sinke (West Frisian)
  • *sinkwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sinkan (Old High German)
      • sinken (Middle High German)
        • sinken (German)
        • sénken (Luxembourgish)
        • זינקען (zinken) (Yiddish)
  • *sinkwan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sinkan (Old Saxon)
      • sinken (Middle Low German)
        • sinken (Low German)
  • søkkva (Old West Norse)
    • søkka (Faroese)
    • sökkva (Icelandic)
  • søkkva (Old West Norse)
    • søkka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • søkke (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • sænkva (Old West Norse)
    • søkka (Faroese)
    • sökkva (Icelandic)
  • sænkva (Old West Norse)
    • søkka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • søkke (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *sinkva (Old East Norse)
    • sjunke, sinke (Gutnish)
  • *sinkva (Old East Norse)
    • siunkæ (Old Danish)
      • sjønka, sjonka, sækka, sjokka (Scanian)
  • *sinkva (Old East Norse)
    • siunkæ (Old Danish)
      • synke (Danish)
        • synke (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *sinkva (Old East Norse)
    • siunka (Old Swedish)
      • sjunka (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan) (Gothic)

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