Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skauba-

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

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewp- (“tuft, cluster, hair on the head”), related to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), German Schopf (“tuft”), Albanian çup (“without tail, maimed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɑu̯.βɑ/

Noun

*skauba-

sheaf; bundle

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skaub
- Old English: sċēaf
  - Middle English: scheef
    - English: sheaf
    - Scots: schefe, scheif
- Old Frisian: *skāf
  - Saterland Frisian: Schoof, Schoowe
  - West Frisian: skeaf
- Old Saxon: skōf
  - Middle Low German: schôf
    - Low German: Schoof
      - → German: Schof
- Old Dutch: *skōf
  - Middle Dutch: scoef, schoof
    - Dutch: schoof
      - Afrikaans: skoof
- Old High German: skoub, scoub
  - Middle High German: schoup
    - German: Schaub
Old Norse: skauf
- Danish: skæv
- Icelandic: skauf