Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skamil

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

Borrowed from Latin scamellum, scabellum, formally as if from Proto-Germanic *skamilaz.

Noun

*skamil m

1. stool, bench

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skamil
Genitive	*skamilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skamil	*skamilō, *skamilōs
Accusative	*skamil	*skamilā
Genitive	*skamilas	*skamilō
Dative	*skamilē	*skamilum
Instrumental	*skamilu	*skamilum

Alternative reconstructions

• *skamul

Derived terms

• *fōtskamil

Descendants

• Old English: sċamol, sċamul, sċamel, sċeamol, sċeamul, sċeamel, sċamela
  • Middle English: schamel, shamel, schamil, shamyll, schambyll, schamylle, shamell, sæmel, scamel, sceomel, scheomel
    • English: shamble; shambles
    • Scots: shammel, shammle
• Old Saxon: skamel
  • Middle Low German: schêmel, scemel, schâmel, schabelle
    • Plautdietsch: Schämel
    • → Old Norse: skemill
      • Danish: skammel
      • Icelandic: skemill
      • Swedish: skammel
• Old Dutch: *skamil
  • Middle Dutch: scāmel, scēmel
    • Dutch: schemel
• Old High German: skamal, scamal, skamel, scamel, skamil, scamil, ᚲᛊᚨᛗᛖᛚᛚᚨ (ksamella /⁠skamella⁠/)
  • Middle High German: schamel, schemel
    • German: Schemel
    • → Hungarian: zsámoly