søkkva

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (to sink, to drop). 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)

  1. (intransitive) to sink
Conjugation

Descendants

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, causative, with dative) to let sink
Conjugation
Descendants

References

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