Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stankwiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *stankwaz
• *stankiz (West Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑŋʷ.kʷiz/

Noun

*stankwiz m

1. odor; fragrance
2. stench

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *stankwiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*stankwiz	*stankwīz
vocative	*stankwi	*stankwīz
accusative	*stankwį	*stankwinz
genitive	*stankwīz	*stankwijǫ̂
dative	*stankwī	*stankwimaz
instrumental	*stankwī	*stankwimiz

Synonyms

• *stunkwiz

Related terms

• *stinkwaną

Descendants

From *stankwiz:

• Old English: stenċ
  • Middle English: stench, stenche, stinche, stunch, stynche; stænc, stinnch
    • English: stench
    • Scots: stench, stinch
• Old Frisian: *stank, *stenk
  • Saterland Frisian: Stoank
• Old Saxon: stank
  • Middle Low German: stank
    • German Low German: Stank
• Old Dutch: stank
  • Middle Dutch: stanc
    • Dutch: stank
• Old High German: *stank, stanc, stanch
  • Middle High German: stanc
    • German: Stank
    • ⇒ Middle High German: gestanc
      • Cimbrian: gastànkh
      • German: Gestank
  • ⇒ Old High German: *stenki
    • Middle High German: stenke

From *stankwaz:

• Old Norse: stǫkkr (descendants perhaps from Middle Low German)
  • Icelandic: stökkur
  • >? Norwegian: stank
  • >? Swedish: stank
  • >? Danish: stank