Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fnoʀukōn

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

From *fnoʀō +‎ *-ukōn.

Verb

*fnoʀukōn

1. to snort
2. to snore

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*fnoʀukōn
1st sg. past	*fnoʀukōdā
Infinitive	*fnoʀukōn
Genitive infin.	*fnoʀukōnijas
Dative infin.	*fnoʀukōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*fnoʀukōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*fnoʀukō	*fnoʀukōdā
2nd singular	*fnoʀukōs	*fnoʀukōdēs, *fnoʀukōdōs
3rd singular	*fnoʀukōþ	*fnoʀukōdē, *fnoʀukōdā
1st plural	*fnoʀukōm	*fnoʀukōdum
2nd plural	*fnoʀukōþ	*fnoʀukōdud
3rd plural	*fnoʀukōnþ	*fnoʀukōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*fnoʀukō	*fnoʀukōdī
2nd singular	*fnoʀukōs	*fnoʀukōdī
3rd singular	*fnoʀukō	*fnoʀukōdī
1st plural	*fnoʀukōm	*fnoʀukōdīm
2nd plural	*fnoʀukōþ	*fnoʀukōdīd
3rd plural	*fnoʀukōn	*fnoʀukōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*fnoʀukō
Plural	*fnoʀukōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*fnoʀukōndī	*fnoʀukōd

Alternative forms

• *fnuʀukōn

Related terms

• *fneusan

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *fnurkia, *fnorkia, *snurkia, *snorkia
  • Saterland Frisian: snurkje
  • West Frisian: snoarkje
• Old Saxon: *fnurkōn, *fnorkōn, *snurkōn, *snorkōn
  • Middle Low German: snorken, snurken
    • German Low German:

      Altmärkisch, North Low German: snurken

      Westphalian:

      Bentheimisch, Lippisch, Westmünsterländisch: schnorken

      Sauerländisch: schnuarken, schnöerken (Wenden)

    • Plautdietsch: schnorke
    • → Danish: snorke
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: snorke
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: snorke, snorka
• Old Dutch: *fnorkon, *snorkon
  • Middle Dutch: snorken, snorcken
    • Dutch: snurken, snorken
      • → English: snork
      • → Scots: snork, snurk