Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtaz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd-, *(s)kert- (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (“short”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*skurtaz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *skurtaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skurtaz | *skurtai | *skurtō | *skurtôz | *skurtą, -atō | *skurtō |
| Accusative | *skurtanǭ | *skurtanz | *skurtǭ | *skurtōz | *skurtą, -atō | *skurtō |
| Genitive | *skurtas, -is | *skurtaizǫ̂ | *skurtaizōz | *skurtaizǫ̂ | *skurtas, -is | *skurtaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *skurtammai | *skurtaimaz | *skurtaizōi | *skurtaimaz | *skurtammai | *skurtaimaz |
| Instrumental | *skurtanō | *skurtaimiz | *skurtaizō | *skurtaimiz | *skurtanō | *skurtaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skurtô | *skurtaniz | *skurtǭ | *skurtōniz | *skurtô | *skurtōnō |
| Accusative | *skurtanų | *skurtanunz | *skurtōnų | *skurtōnunz | *skurtô | *skurtōnō |
| Genitive | *skurtiniz | *skurtanǫ̂ | *skurtōniz | *skurtōnǫ̂ | *skurtiniz | *skurtanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *skurtini | *skurtammaz | *skurtōni | *skurtōmaz | *skurtini | *skurtammaz |
| Instrumental | *skurtinē | *skurtammiz | *skurtōnē | *skurtōmiz | *skurtinē | *skurtammiz |