Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skehaną

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 *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”). The derived sense of "to happen" appears to have developed at an early stage. Cognate with Old Irish scuichid (“to move, start, go”), Welsh ysgogi (“to move, stir, tremble”), Proto-Slavic *skočìti (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈske.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skehaną

1. (West Germanic) to jump; spring up
2. (West Germanic) to emerge; come up; happen

Inflection

Conjugation of *skehaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skehō	*skehaų	—	*skehai	?
2nd singular	*skihizi	*skehaiz	*skeh	*skehazai	*skehaizau
3rd singular	*skihidi	*skehai	*skehadau	*skehadai	*skehaidau
1st dual	*skehōz	*skehaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skehadiz	*skehaidiz	*skehadiz	—	—
1st plural	*skehamaz	*skehaim	—	*skehandai	*skehaindau
2nd plural	*skihid	*skehaid	*skihid	*skehandai	*skehaindau
3rd plural	*skehandi	*skehain	*skehandau	*skehandai	*skehaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skah	*skēhį̄
2nd singular	*skaht	*skēhīz
3rd singular	*skah	*skēhī
1st dual	*skēhū	*skēhīw
2nd dual	*skēhudiz	*skēhīdiz
1st plural	*skēhum	*skēhīm
2nd plural	*skēhud	*skēhīd
3rd plural	*skēhun	*skēhīn
	present	past
participles	*skehandz	*skehanaz

Related terms

• *skihtiz
  • Old Dutch: *skiht
    • Middle Dutch: schicht
      • Dutch: schicht
• *skakaną
• *skakkōną
• *skikkijaną
• *skukkōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skehan
  • Old English: sċēon
    • Middle English: sen
  • Old Frisian: skiā, schiā
    • North Frisian: skie
  • Old Saxon: skehan
    • Middle Low German: schēn
      • Low German: schehn
      • → Danish: ske
        • Norwegian Bokmål: skje
        • → Icelandic: ske
        • → Faroese: ske
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skje; (dialectal) ski
      • → Old Swedish: ske
        • Swedish: ske
  • Old Dutch: *skian
    • Middle Dutch: schien
      • Limburgish: sjeeje, sji-jje
  • Old High German: skehan, scehan
    • Middle High German: schëhen
      • German: geschehen