Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skalō

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 Proto-Indo-European *skolH-eh₂, from *(s)kelH- (“to split, part, divide”). Synchronically analyzed as an ō-stem nominal from *skiljaną (“to cut, separate”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑl.ɔː/

Noun

*skalō f

  1. shell, husk

Inflection

Declension of *skalō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skalō *skalôz
vocative *skalō *skalôz
accusative *skalǭ *skalōz
genitive *skalōz *skalǫ̂
dative *skalōi *skalōmaz
instrumental *skalō *skalōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skalu
    • Old English: sċealu (“husk”)
      • Middle English: schale (“shell, husk; scale”)
    • Old Dutch:
    • Old High German: scala
    • → Old French: escale, eschale
  • Old Norse: skál (“bowl, cup”)
    • Danish: skal (“shell; rind; skull”)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skalō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
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