Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skīdą

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 Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”).

Noun

*skīdą n

1. piece of wood, billet, board; tile

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skīdą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skīdą	*skīdō
vocative	*skīdą	*skīdō
accusative	*skīdą	*skīdō
genitive	*skīdas, *skīdis	*skīdǫ̂
dative	*skīdai	*skīdamaz
instrumental	*skīdō	*skīdamiz

Descendants

• Old English: sċīd
  • Middle English: shid, schide, shide
    • English: shide (obsolete)
    • Scots: schide, schyde (obsolete)
• Old Frisian: skīd
  • North Frisian: skeid
• Old Saxon: *skīd
  • Middle Low German: schīt
• Old High German: skīt
  • Middle High German: schīt
    • German: Scheit
    • Luxembourgish: Scheet
• Old Norse: skíð
  • Icelandic: skíð
  • Faroese: skíð
  • Norwegian: ski
    • → Danish: ski
    • → English: ski (as well as many other similar loanwords)
    • → French: ski
    • → German: Ski
    • → Swedish: ski
  • Old Swedish: skidh n, skīdh; skīþa f
    • Swedish: skid; skida
  • → English: skid, skeed