Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaubaz

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

Alternative forms

• *skaubą (North Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewp- (“tuft, cluster, hair on the head”), similar to *skuftą (“bundle”).

Noun

*skaubaz m

1. bundle, sheaf

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *skaubaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skaubaz	*skaubōz, *skaubōs
vocative	*skaub	*skaubōz, *skaubōs
accusative	*skaubą	*skaubanz
genitive	*skaubas, *skaubis	*skaubǫ̂
dative	*skaubai	*skaubamaz
instrumental	*skaubō	*skaubamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skaub m
  • Old English: sċēaf
    • Middle English: scheef
      • English: sheaf
      • Scots: schefe, scheif
  • Old Frisian: *skāf
    • Saterland Frisian: Schoof, Schoowe
    • West Frisian: skeaf
  • Old Saxon: skōf
    • Middle Low German: schôf
      • Low German: Schoof
        • → German: Schof
  • Old Dutch: *skōf
    • Middle Dutch: scoef, schoof
      • Dutch: schoof
        • Afrikaans: skoof
  • Old High German: skoub, scoub
    • Middle High German: schoup
      • German: Schaub
• Old Norse: skauf n