Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Skadinawjō
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the first element, of uncertain (possibly non-Germanic) origin, and *awjō (“island”).[1] According to Knut Helle, the first formant may be related to Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage, danger”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]*Skadinawjō f
Inflection
[edit]ō-stemDeclension of *Skadinawjō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *Skadinawjō | *Skadinawjôz | |
vocative | *Skadinawjō | *Skadinawjôz | |
accusative | *Skadinawjǭ | *Skadinawjōz | |
genitive | *Skadinawjōz | *Skadinawjǫ̂ | |
dative | *Skadinawjōi | *Skadinawjōmaz | |
instrumental | *Skadinawjō | *Skadinawjōmiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *Skadinauwju
- Old English: Sċedenīġ
- Lombardic: Scatenauge
- Old Norse: Skáney (contraction of *Skaðney)
- → Latin: Scatinavia, Scadinavia, Scandinavia
- → English: Scandinavia
- → Dutch: Scandinavië
- → German: Skandinavien
- → Faroese: Skandinavia
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: Skandinavia
- → Swedish: Skandinavien
- → Danish: Skandinavien
- Norwegian Bokmål: Skandinavia
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.etymonline.com/word/scandinavia
- ^ Helle, K. (2008) The Cambridge History of Scandinavia[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on January 6, 2022