Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skuldru
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; suggested to be either cognate with Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend”),[1] or related to *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split”), + *-þr + *-u.
Noun
[edit]*skuldru f[2]
Declension
[edit]ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *skuldru | |
Genitive | *skoldrā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *skuldru | *skoldrō |
Accusative | *skoldrā | *skoldrā |
Genitive | *skoldrā | *skoldrō |
Dative | *skuldrē | *skoldrōm, *skuldrum |
Instrumental | *skuldru | *skoldrōm, *skuldrum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: sċuldra m, sċuldor, sċuldru
- Old Frisian: skuldere m
- Old Saxon: skuldra f
- Old Dutch: *sculdero
- Old High German: scultera, scultra f
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skuldra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*skuldru ‘shoulder’”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skulđr(j)ō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-þr
- Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-u
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns
- gmw-pro:Body parts
- Proto-West Germanic ō-stem nouns