Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skupą

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

Nominal formation related to *skuppōną (“to mock, scoff”), of uncertain further origin; see there for more.

Noun

*skupą n

1. mockery, joking
2. cheating, deception, trickery
3. poetry

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skupą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skupą	*skupō
vocative	*skupą	*skupō
accusative	*skupą	*skupō
genitive	*skupas, *skupis	*skupǫ̂
dative	*skupai	*skupamaz
instrumental	*skupō	*skupamiz

Related terms

• *skaupōną
• *skupāną
• *skuppōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skop
  • >? Old Frisian: skof
    • West Frisian: schof (obsolete)
    • →? Middle English: skoffe, scof (equally possibly borrowed from Old Danish)
      • English: scoff
      • Scots: skoffe, scoff, skuff
  • Old Dutch: *scop
    • Middle Dutch: scop, schop
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *skop m (“poet”)
    • Old English: sċop, sċeop
      • → English: scop (learned)
    • Old Saxon: *skop
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: skoplīko (adverb)
    • Old High German: skopf, scoph
      • Middle High German: schopf, schof
• Old Norse: skop
  • Icelandic: skop
  • >? Old Danish: skof, skuf