Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skittōną

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 Pre-Germanic *skidnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative from *skītaną (“to shit, defecate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skittōną

1. to shit, defecate

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skitt- against non-singular *skit-.

Conjugation of *skittōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skittō	*skittǭ	—	*skittōi	?
2nd singular	*skittōsi	*skittōs	*skittō	*skittōsai	*skittōsau
3rd singular	*skittōþi	*skittō	*skittōþau	*skittōþai	*skittōþau
1st dual	*skittōs	*skittōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skittōþiz	*skittōþiz	*skittōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*skittōmaz	*skittōm	—	*skittōnþai	*skittōnþau
2nd plural	*skittōþ	*skittōþ	*skittōþ	*skittōnþai	*skittōnþau
3rd plural	*skittōnþi	*skittōn	*skittōnþau	*skittōnþai	*skittōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skittōdǭ	*skittōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*skittōdēz	*skittōdēdīz
3rd singular	*skittōdē	*skittōdēdī
1st dual	*skittōdēdū	*skittōdēdīw
2nd dual	*skittōdēdudiz	*skittōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*skittōdēdum	*skittōdēdīm
2nd plural	*skittōdēdud	*skittōdēdīd
3rd plural	*skittōdēdun	*skittōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*skittōndz	*skittōdaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: *skitta
  • Faroese: skitta

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN