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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sneganą</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sneganą</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_san_naga" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>नाग</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>nāgá</orth>
          </form>
          <def>snake</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_san_xxxrequires_proto_indo_european" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>xxxrequires Proto-Indo-European *</orth>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_snegana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sneganą">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>sneganą</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈsne.ɣɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᚾᛖᚷᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to crawl, creep</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Unknown; often cited as being related to Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="san" target="#cog_san_naga"><ref target="#cog_san_naga">नाग</ref></mentioned> (nāgá, ‘snake’), however the Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="san" target="#cog_san_xxxrequires_proto_indo_european"><ref target="#cog_san_xxxrequires_proto_indo_european">requires Proto-Indo-European *</ref></mentioned> (s)neg-, whilst the Germanic demands aspirated *snegʰ-. A connection to *snīkaną (‘to crawl, creep’), is very tempting but difficult to reconcile morphologically.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>snegō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>snegaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>snegai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>snigizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>snegaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sneg</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>snegazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>snegaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>snigidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>snegai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>snegadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>snegadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>snegaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>snegōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>snegaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>snegadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>snegaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>snegadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>snegamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>snegaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>snegandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>snegaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>snigid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>snegaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>snigid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>snegandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>snegaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>snegandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>snegain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>snegandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>snegandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>snegaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>snag</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>snēgį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>snaht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>snēgīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>snag</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>snēgī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>snēgū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>snēgīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>snēgudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>snēgīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>snēgum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>snēgīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>snēgud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>snēgīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>snēgun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>snēgīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>snegandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>sneganaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>sneganą</orth>
            </form>
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