Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaiþiz

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

*skaiþiz f

1. sheath, covering

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *skaiþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skaiþiz	*skaiþīz
vocative	*skaiþi	*skaiþīz
accusative	*skaiþį	*skaiþinz
genitive	*skaiþīz	*skaiþijǫ̂
dative	*skaiþī	*skaiþimaz
instrumental	*skaiþī	*skaiþimiz

Descendants

• Old English: sċeaþ, sċēaþ
  • Middle English: shethe, sheth, schethe, scheth
    • English: sheath, sheathe
• Old Frisian: skethe
• Old Saxon: sceitha
  • Low German: scheed
• Old Dutch: *skeitha
  • Dutch: schede
• Old High German: sceida, skaida
  • German: Scheide
  • Hunsrik: Scheed
  • Luxembourgish: Scheed
• Old Norse: skeið
  • Icelandic: skeið
  • Faroese: skeið
  • Norwegian: skjede
  • Old Swedish: skeþ, skēþ
    • Swedish: sked
  • Danish: skede
• → Finnish: keidas