Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably originally *skerdaną, from Pre-Germanic *skerdʰ-, with the final consonant influenced by the iterative; see *skardaz (“cut-up”) for more.[1] Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see the derivative *skurtaz (“short”).[2]
Verb
[edit]*skertaną
- to cut off
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *skertaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing”), and related to Sanskrit कूर्दति (kūrdati, “to spring”), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing”).[3]
Verb
[edit]*skertaną
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skertan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skartan ~ *skartaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*skertanan”