Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skarną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”). Cognate with Latin cerda ("dung, feces"; in compounds: mūscerda, sūcerda, etc.), Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrememnt, feces”).
Noun
*skarną n
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *skarną (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *skarną | *skarnō | |
vocative | *skarną | *skarnō | |
accusative | *skarną | *skarnō | |
genitive | *skarnas, *skarnis | *skarnǫ̂ | |
dative | *skarnai | *skarnamaz | |
instrumental | *skarnō | *skarnamiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: sċearn
- Old Frisian: skern
- Old Saxon: *skarn; skerning, skerling
- Old Dutch: *skarn; *scerninc, *scarninc
- Middle Dutch: scharn; scerlinc, scarlinc
- Dutch: scharn; scheerling
- Middle Dutch: scharn; scerlinc, scarlinc
- Old High German: scarno m; scerning, scerlinc, scerilinc
- Middle High German: scherlinc, schirlinc
- German: Schierling
- Middle High German: scherlinc, schirlinc
- Old Norse: skarn