Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skirmiz

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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

Etymology

A nominal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskir.miz/

Noun

*skirmiz m(West Germanic)

fur, hide, pelt
covering, shelter, screen

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *skirmiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skirmiz	*skirmīz
vocative	*skirmi	*skirmīz
accusative	*skirmį	*skirminz
genitive	*skirmīz	*skirmijǫ̂
dative	*skirmī	*skirmimaz
instrumental	*skirmī	*skirmimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skirmi
- Old Saxon: *skirm, *skerm
  - Middle Low German: scherm, scharm
    - German Low German: Schirm
    - → Danish: skærm
    - → Icelandic: skermur
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: skjerm
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjerm
    - → Swedish: skärm
- Old Dutch: skirm
  - Middle Dutch: scherm
    - Dutch: scherm
      - Afrikaans: skerm
- Old High German: scirm, skirm, scerm, skerm
  - Middle High German: schirm, scherm
    - German: Schirm
      - →? Finnish: sermi
      - → Russian: ширма (širma)
    - Hunsrik: Scherrem
    - Yiddish: שירעם (shirem)
- → Old French: escran, escren, escrein (see there for further descendants)
- →⇒ Italian: schermo