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søkkva

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (to sink, to drop). The -nk--kk- and other nasal-stop assimilations often caused restoration of Pre-Proto-Germanic *e from traditional *i, compare kreppa and detta.

Compare Old English sincan, Old Frisian sinka, Old Saxon sinkan, Old High German sinkan, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

Verb

søkkva (singular past indicative sǫkk, plural past indicative sukku, past participle sokkinn) (Old West Norse)

  1. (intransitive) to sink
Conjugation
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More information infinitive, present participle ...
Descendants
  • Icelandic: sökkva
  • Faroese: søkka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søkke, søkka
  • Elfdalian: sikka

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “søkkva”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 429; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

søkkva (singular past indicative søkkti, plural past indicative søkktu, past participle søkktr)

  1. to (cause to) sink [with dative ‘something’]
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...
Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “søkkva”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 429; also available at the Internet Archive
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