Reconstruction:Old Dutch/scala

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skalō.

Noun

*scala f

1. shell

Inflection

Declension of *scala (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*scala	*scala, *scalon
accusative	*scala, *scalon	*scala, *scalon
genitive	*scalon	*scalono
dative	*scalon	*scalon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: scale, schale
  • Dutch: schaal

References

• “*skala”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012