Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snarkōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly metathesized from Proto-Indo-European *srengʰ-, cognate with Lithuanian snarglýs (“snot”), Old Irish srennaid (“to snore”), Ancient Greek ῥέγκω (rhénkō, “to snore”), Sanskrit शृङ्खाणिका (śṛṅkhāṇikā, “snot”).

Alternatively, perhaps from earlier *snarrukōn, equivalent to *snarrōn (“to buzz, drone, snarl”) +‎ *-ukōn.

Verb

*snarkōn

to snore, snort

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*snarkōn
1st sg. past	*snarkōdā
Infinitive	*snarkōn
Genitive infin.	*snarkōnijas
Dative infin.	*snarkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*snarkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*snarkō	*snarkōdā
2nd singular	*snarkōs	snarkōdēs, snarkōdōs
3rd singular	*snarkōþ	snarkōdē, snarkōdā
1st plural	*snarkōm	*snarkōdum
2nd plural	*snarkōþ	*snarkōdud
3rd plural	*snarkōnþ	*snarkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*snarkō	*snarkōdī
2nd singular	*snarkōs	*snarkōdī
3rd singular	*snarkō	*snarkōdī
1st plural	*snarkōm	*snarkōdīm
2nd plural	*snarkōþ	*snarkōdīd
3rd plural	*snarkōn	*snarkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*snarkō
Plural	*snarkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*snarkōndī	*snarkōd

Alternative reconstructions

*snarrikōn

Related terms

*snarrōn

Descendants

Old English: *snearcian, *sniercian
- Middle English: *snerken, *snarken
  - English: snark (likely borrowed from Low German)
  - Scots: snark (likely borrowed from Low German)
Old Frisian: *snarkia
- >? North Frisian: snarke (perhaps a borrowing from Low German or Danish)
Old Saxon: *snarkōn
- Middle Low German: snarken
  - German Low German:
    Low Prussian: schnarken
    
    Westphalian:
    Sauerländisch: schnarken (Drolshagen, Kirchhundem, Olpe), schnareken (Selbecke)
  - → Danish: snarke
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: snarka, snarke
  - → Old Swedish: snarka
    - Swedish: snarka
Old Dutch: *snerkon (< *snarrikōn)
- Middle Dutch: snerken
  - Dutch: snerken
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: snerka
  - → Old Swedish: snærka
    - Swedish: snärka (dialectal)
Old High German: *snarhōn
- Middle High German: snarchen
  - German: schnarchen
  - ⇒ Middle High German: snarchelen, snarcheln
    - German: schnarcheln
- ⇒ Old High German: gisnarhōn

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