Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)keng-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative forms

*(s)kenǵ-^[1]

Root

*(s)keng-^[1]

to limp, hobble
to tilt, be askew

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)keng- (18 c, 0 e)

*(s)kéng-e-ti (thematic present)^[1]
- Proto-Celtic: *kengeti (“to step, tread”)
  - Old Irish: cingid, ·cing
    - Irish: cinn
- Proto-Germanic: *hinkaną
  - Proto-West Germanic: *hinkan (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *k⁽ʰ⁾ánȷ́ati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kʰánȷ́ati
    - Sanskrit: खञ्जति (kháñjati, “to limp”)
*(s)kn̥g-yé-ti (deponent yé-present)^[1]
- Proto-Hellenic: *skəďďō
  - Ancient Greek: σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”)
    - Greek: σκάζω (skázo)
  - ⇒ Ancient Greek: σκάζων (skázōn) (see there for further descendants)
*(s)keng-et-s
- Proto-Celtic: *kengets (“warrior (< one who treads)”) (see there for further descendants)
*(s)kéng-s-mn̥
- Proto-Celtic: *kanxsman (“step, act of stepping”) (see there for further descendants)
*(s)kéng-ō ~ *(s)kn̥g-n-és
- Proto-Germanic: *skinkô (“thigh, shank”)
  - Proto-West Germanic: *skinkō (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *skunkô
*(s)kóng-ō
- Proto-Germanic: *skankô (“that which is bent; thigh, shank”) (see there for further descendants)
*(s)kong-os
- Proto-Germanic: *skankaz (“askew, tilted”) (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skankijaną (“to skew, tilt, tip, pour”) (see there for further descendants)
    - ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skankijô (“pourer of drinks”)

Unsorted formations:

Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *šęgati^[2]
  - East Slavic:
    - Old East Slavic: шегати (šegati, “to make fun of”), шегавъ (šegavŭ, “giddy; fickle”)
  - South Slavic:
    - Old Church Slavonic: шѧгати (šęgati, “to joke”)
  - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *šęga (“silliness, joke, prank”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *skankōną
→? Proto-Finnic: *kenkä (“shoe”)
→? Proto-Samic: *kieŋkē (“sole of a sledge runner or keel”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*(s)ken⁽g̑⁾- ‘hinken’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 555
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шега”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*(s)ken⁽g̑⁾- ‘hinken’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 555

[Vasmer-2] Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шега”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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