*snēkô

Runic: ᛊᚾᛖᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsnɛː.kɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

person or thing that crawls, creeps

Etymology

From a vṛddhi derivative of *sneganą (‘to crawl, sneak’) + *-ô (agent suffix). Kroonen suggests an original *snēgô ~ *snakkaz paradigm, making Proto-West Germanic *snakō a parallel formation.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.snēkôsnēkaniz
Acc.snēkanųsnēkanunz
Gen.snēkinizsnēkanǫ̂
Dat.snēkinisnēkammaz
Inst.snēkinēsnēkammiz
Voc.snēkôsnēkaniz

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Descendants

  • *snākō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *snāko (Old High German)
      • snāke (Middle High German)
        • Schnake (German)
          • Schnok (Hunsrik)
  • snákr (Old Norse)
    • snog (Danish)
    • snųok (Elfdalian)
    • snákur (Faroese)
    • snok (Gutnish)
    • snákur, snókur (Icelandic)
    • snok (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • snåk, snok (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • snákr (Old Norse)
    • snōker (Old Swedish)
      • snok (Swedish)
  • snókr (Old Norse)
    • snog (Danish)
    • snųok (Elfdalian)
    • snákur (Faroese)
    • snok (Gutnish)
    • snákur, snókur (Icelandic)
    • snok (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • snåk, snok (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • snókr (Old Norse)
    • snōker (Old Swedish)
      • snok (Swedish)

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