Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skardaz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *skordʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ- (“to cut up”); cognate with Old Irish scerdaid (“to peel, scrape off”), Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to cut, slaughter”).[1] The Indo-European root may be an extension of *sker- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*skardaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *skardaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skardaz | *skardai | *skardō | *skardôz | *skardą, -atō | *skardō |
| Accusative | *skardanǭ | *skardanz | *skardǭ | *skardōz | *skardą, -atō | *skardō |
| Genitive | *skardas, -is | *skardaizǫ̂ | *skardaizōz | *skardaizǫ̂ | *skardas, -is | *skardaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *skardammai | *skardaimaz | *skardaizōi | *skardaimaz | *skardammai | *skardaimaz |
| Instrumental | *skardanō | *skardaimiz | *skardaizō | *skardaimiz | *skardanō | *skardaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skardô | *skardaniz | *skardǭ | *skardōniz | *skardô | *skardōnō |
| Accusative | *skardanų | *skardanunz | *skardōnų | *skardōnunz | *skardô | *skardōnō |
| Genitive | *skardiniz | *skardanǫ̂ | *skardōniz | *skardōnǫ̂ | *skardiniz | *skardanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *skardini | *skardammaz | *skardōni | *skardōmaz | *skardini | *skardammaz |
| Instrumental | *skardinē | *skardammiz | *skardōnē | *skardōmiz | *skardinē | *skardammiz |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *skard
- Old Norse: skarðr
- Icelandic: skarður