Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skalkijaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *skalkaz (“servant”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*skalkijaną[1]
- to mock
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *skalkijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *biskalkijan
- Old High German: *biskelken
- Middle High German: beschelken
- Old High German: *biskelken
- Old Norse: skelkja
- Icelandic: skelkja
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skalkjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333