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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skellaną

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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 *(s)kel-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, to shout, to sound) with a s-mobile. Cognate with Latvian skaļš (loud; noisy) and Russian скули́ть (skulítʹ, to whine).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*skellaną[1]

  1. to sound, clatter, ring

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

Further reading

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  • Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SKELL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 412-13