Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skaban

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

Verb

*skaban

1. to cut (hair), shave
2. to scrape

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive	*skaban
1st sg. past	*skōb
3rd pl. past	*skōbun
Past ptcple	*skaban
Infinitive	*skaban
Genitive infin.	*skabannjas
Dative infin.	*skabannjē
Instrum. infin.	*skabannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*skabu	*skōb
2nd singular	*skabiʀi	*skōbī
3rd singular	*skabidi	*skōb
1st plural	*skabum	*skōbum
2nd plural	*skabid	*skōbud
3rd plural	*skaband	*skōbun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*skabē	*skōbī
2nd singular	*skabēs	*skōbī
3rd singular	*skabē	*skōbī
1st plural	*skabēm	*skōbīm
2nd plural	*skabēþ	*skōbīd
3rd plural	*skabēn	*skōbīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*skab
Plural	*skabid
	Present	Past
Participle	*skabandī	*skaban

Descendants

• Old English: sċafan, sċeafan
  • Middle English: schaven, shaven
    • English: shave
      • → Welsh: siafio
    • Scots: schave, schaif, schaiff; shaav (through confluence with Norwegian skave)
• Old Frisian: *skava
  • Saterland Frisian: skoawje
  • West Frisian: skave
• Old Saxon: skavan, skaƀan
  • Middle Low German: schāven
    • German Low German: schaven
    • Low German: schaven
• Old Dutch: *scavan
  • Middle Dutch: schāven
    • Dutch: schaven
    • Limburgish: sjave
• Old High German: skaban
  • Middle High German: schaben
    • German: schaben
    • Luxembourgish: schuewen (archaic)
    • Yiddish: שאָבן (shobn)