Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skēkaz

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This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skeg- (“to jump; move”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɛː.kɑz/

Noun

*skēkaz m(West Germanic)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *skēkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skēkaz	skēkōz, skēkōs
vocative	*skēk	skēkōz, skēkōs
accusative	*skēką	*skēkanz
genitive	skēkas, skēkis	*skēkǫ̂
dative	*skēkai	*skēkamaz
instrumental	*skēkō	*skēkamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: *sċǣc; *sċǣcere, sċēacere; tōsċēacerian
Old Frisian: skāk; skākrāf; skākere, skāker
Old Saxon: *skāk; *skākāri
- Middle Low German: schâk; schâker
Frankish: *skāk
- Old Dutch: *skāk
  - Middle Dutch: scaec
    - Dutch: schaak; schaker
- → Old French: eschec, eschiec (“booty, spoils”); eschiequer, eschecer, escheker, eschieker
  - Middle French: eschec, eschiec
  - → Middle English: skekken, skiken
- → Medieval Latin: scachum; scachator
Old High German: skāh; skāhhāri
- Middle High German: schāch; schāchære
  - German: Schächer