Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skarp
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.
Adjective
*skarp[1]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *skarp | ||
| Genitive | *skarpas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *skarp | *skarpu | *skarp |
| Accusative | *skarpanā | *skarpā | *skarp |
| Genitive | *skarpas | *skarpeʀā | *skarpas |
| Dative | *skarpumē | *skarpeʀē | *skarpumē |
| Instrumental | *skarpu | *skarpeʀu | *skarpu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *skarpē | *skarpō | *skarpu |
| Accusative | *skarpā | *skarpā | *skarpu |
| Genitive | *skarpeʀō | *skarpeʀō | *skarpeʀō |
| Dative | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum |
| Instrumental | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: sċarp, sċearp
- Old Frisian: skerp, skarp
- Old Saxon: skarp
- Old Dutch: scarp
- Old High German: scarf, scarph
- → Old Catalan: escarp
- Catalan: esquerp
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *skarp”