Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skardaz

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 pre-Germanic *skordʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ- (“to cut up”); cognate with Old Irish scerdaid (“to peel, scrape off”), Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to cut, slaughter”).[1] The Indo-European root may be an extension of *sker- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑr.ðɑz/

Adjective

*skardaz

  1. cut up, damaged

Inflection

Declension of *skardaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *skardaz *skardō *skardą, -atō *skardai *skardôz *skardō
accusative *skardanǭ *skardǭ *skardą, -atō *skardanz *skardōz *skardō
genitive *skardas, -is *skardaizōz *skardas, -is *skardaizǫ̂ *skardaizǫ̂ *skardaizǫ̂
dative *skardammai *skardaizōi *skardammai *skardaimaz *skardaimaz *skardaimaz
instrumental *skardanō *skardaizō *skardanō *skardaimiz *skardaimiz *skardaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *skardô *skardǭ *skardô *skardaniz *skardōniz *skardōnō
accusative *skardanų *skardōnų *skardô *skardanunz *skardōnunz *skardōnō
genitive *skardiniz *skardōniz *skardiniz *skardanǫ̂ *skardōnǫ̂ *skardanǫ̂
dative *skardini *skardōni *skardini *skardammaz *skardōmaz *skardammaz
instrumental *skardinē *skardōnē *skardinē *skardammiz *skardōmiz *skardammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skarda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440
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