Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skōgô

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

Unknown. The sense development is generally thought to be "something sticking out" > "small collection of trees" > "thicket",^[1] and has been tentatively linked to *skehaną (“to spring up, emerge”).^[2] Compare also *skagją (“beard”), *skagô (“peninsula, cape”) (the latter whence Old Norse skagi (“low cape, ness”)).^[3]

Noun

*skōgô ~ skakkaz m^[4]

thicket, small wood
Synonyms: *furhiþą, *furhō, *walþuz, *widuz

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skagō
- Old English: sċeaga
  - Middle English: schawe, shawe, shaghe, schaghe, schaȝe
    - English: shaw
- Old High German: scahho (< variant *skaggō or *skag-jō)
  - Old High German: schache
    - German: Schachen
Old Norse: skógr
- Icelandic: skógur
- Faroese: skógvur, skógur
- Norwegian:
  Norwegian Bokmål: skog, skau
  Norwegian Nynorsk: skog
- Old Swedish: skōgher
  - Swedish: skog
- Old Danish: skogh
  - Danish: skov
- Old Gutnish: skogr
- → Middle English: scogh, scough
  - English: scaw (dialectal)

References

^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “skógr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 497
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaʒōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “skógur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
^ Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎^[3], Leiden: Leiden University, page 195

[1] Vries, Jan (1977) “skógr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 497

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaʒōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331

[3] Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “skógur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

[4] Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎^[3], Leiden: Leiden University, page 195

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