Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skillingaz

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 *skiljaną +‎ *-lingaz.

Noun

*skillingaz m^[1]

shilling (coin)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *skillingaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skillingaz	skillingōz, skillingōs
vocative	*skilling	skillingōz, skillingōs
accusative	*skillingą	*skillinganz
genitive	skillingas, skillingis	*skillingǫ̂
dative	*skillingai	*skillingamaz
instrumental	*skillingō	*skillingamiz

Alternative reconstructions

*skildlingaz (from *skelduz (“shield”) +‎ *-lingaz (“-ling”))^[2]

Descendants

Old English: sċilling
- Middle English: shilling
  - Scots: schilling
  - English: shilling
Old Frisian: skilling
Old Saxon: skilling
- Middle Low German: schillink
Old Dutch: *skilling
- Middle Dutch: schillinc
  - Dutch: schelling
    - Afrikaans: skelling
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: skelingi
Old High German: skilling
- Middle High German: schillinc
  - German: Schilling
    - → English: schilling (former currency of Austria)
Old Norse: skillingr
- Icelandic: skildingur
- Faroese: skillingur
- Old Swedish: skillinger
  - Swedish: skilling
- Danish: skilling
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: skilling
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: skilling
- → Old Irish: scilling
  - Irish: scilling
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (skilliggs)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skellingaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skeldu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442: “*skeld-linga-”

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

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skeldu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442: “*skeld-linga-”

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