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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaibaz

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *skoy-pó-s, which may be a derivative of *skey- (to split). Orel compares Lithuanian skybas (wedge-like piece of land), Latvian šķìbs (crooked).[1]

Adjective

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*skaibaz

  1. slanted, oblique, inclined, sloping

Inflection

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Declension of *skaibaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *skaibaz *skaibō *skaibą, *-at(ō) *skaibai *skaibôz *skaibō
accusative *skaibanǭ *skaibǭ *skaibą, *-at(ō) *skaibanz *skaibōz *skaibō
genitive *skaibas, *skaibis *skaibaizōz *skaibas, *skaibis *skaibaizǫ̂ *skaibaizǫ̂ *skaibaizǫ̂
dative *skaibammai *skaibaizōi *skaibammai *skaibaimaz *skaibaimaz *skaibaimaz
instrumental *skaibanō *skaibaizō *skaibanō *skaibaimiz *skaibaimiz *skaibaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *skaibô *skaibǭ *skaibô *skaibaniz *skaibōniz *skaibōnō
accusative *skaibanų *skaibōnų *skaibô *skaibanunz *skaibōnunz *skaibōnō
genitive *skaibiniz *skaibōniz *skaibiniz *skaibanǫ̂ *skaibōnǫ̂ *skaibanǫ̂
dative *skaibini *skaibōni *skaibini *skaibammaz *skaibōmaz *skaibammaz
instrumental *skaibinē *skaibōnē *skaibinē *skaibammiz *skaibōmiz *skaibammiz

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *skaifaz, *skēfaz, *skēifaz
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331