Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtāną

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 *skurtaz (“short, lacking”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*skurtāną

1. to be short
2. to lack

Inflection

Conjugation of *skurtāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skurtō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*skurtaisi	?	*skurtai	*skurtāsai	?
3rd singular	*skurtaiþi	?	*skurtāþau	*skurtāþai	?
1st dual	*skurtōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skurtāþiz	?	*skurtāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*skurtāmaz	?	—	*skurtānþai	?
2nd plural	*skurtaiþ	?	*skurtaiþ	*skurtānþai	?
3rd plural	*skurtānþi	?	*skurtānþau	*skurtānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skurtadǭ	*skurtadēdį̄
2nd singular	*skurtadēz	*skurtadēdīz
3rd singular	*skurtadē	*skurtadēdī
1st dual	*skurtadēdū	*skurtadēdīw
2nd dual	*skurtadēdudiz	*skurtadēdīdiz
1st plural	*skurtadēdum	*skurtadēdīm
2nd plural	*skurtadēdud	*skurtadēdīd
3rd plural	*skurtadēdun	*skurtadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*skurtāndz	*skurtadaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skurtēn
  • Old English: scortian
  • Old Frisian: skorta
  • Old Saxon: *skortōn
    • Middle Low German: schorten, schörten
      • German Low German: schörten
  • Old Dutch: *scorton
    • Middle Dutch: schorten
      • Dutch: schorten
• Old Norse: skorta
  • Faroese: skorta
  • Icelandic: skorta