Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skūm

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”).

Noun

*skūm m

1. froth, foam

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skūm
Genitive	*skūmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skūm	*skūmō, *skūmōs
Accusative	*skūm	*skūmā
Genitive	*skūmas	*skūmō
Dative	*skūmē	*skūmum
Instrumental	*skūmu	*skūmum

Derived terms

• *skūmijan

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *skūm
  • Saterland Frisian: Skuum, Schuum
  • West Frisian: skûm, skom
• Old Saxon: *skūm
  • Middle Low German: schûm
    • German Low German: Schuum
• Old Dutch: *scūm
  • Middle Dutch: schuum
    • Dutch: schuim
    • → Middle English: scome, scume (partially from Old French escume)
      • Scots: skum, skoom
      • English: scum
• Old High German: skūm, scūm
  • Middle High German: schūm
    • German: Schaum
      • → Esperanto: ŝaŭmo
    • Luxembourgish: Schaum
• → Vulgar Latin: *scūma
  • Old French: escume
    • Middle French: escume, écume
      • French: écume
  • Medieval Latin: scuma, schuma (see there for further descendants)