Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skardą

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 *skardaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑr.ðɑ̃/

Noun

*skardą n

1. notch; nick

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skardą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skardą	*skardō
vocative	*skardą	*skardō
accusative	*skardą	*skardō
genitive	*skardas, *skardis	*skardǫ̂
dative	*skardai	*skardamaz
instrumental	*skardō	*skardamiz

Derived terms

• *skardasamaz
• *skardijaną
• *skardingaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skard
  • Old English: sċeard
    • Middle English: scherd, scheard, scheord, scherde, schord, shard, sherd, sherde
      • English: shard, sherd
      • Scots: shaird
      • Yola: sheardhe, sheardh, shearde, sharde
  • Old Frisian: skerd
    • Saterland Frisian: Skeed
    • West Frisian: schird, skurd
  • Old Saxon: *skard
    • Middle Low German: schart
      • German Low German: Schaarde
  • Old Dutch: *skard
    • Middle Dutch: scart, scaert, schaerde, scheerde
      • Dutch: schaarde
        • → West Frisian: skaart
  • Old High German: scart; *skarti
    • Middle High German: scharte
      • German: Scharte
      • Luxembourgish: Schaart
  • → Catalan: esquerda
  • → Old French: escharde, escherde
    • Middle French: eschardre
      • French: écharde
    • → Old Italian: scarda
      • ⇒ Italian: scardare
    • → Basque: eskarda
• Old Norse: skarð
  • Icelandic: skarð
  • Faroese: skarð
  • Norwegian: skård
  • Old Swedish: skardh
  • Danish: skård, skår
  • → Middle English: scarth