Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skainijaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”), related to *skinō (“piece, shinbone”).
Verb[edit]
*skainijaną[1]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *skainijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *skainijan
- Old Norse: skeina
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly from *skīnaną (“to shine”) + *-janą.
Verb[edit]
*skainijaną
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *skainijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *skainijan
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skainjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-332