Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną

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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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably originally *skerdaną, from Pre-Germanic *skerdʰ-, with the final consonant influenced by the iterative. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see the derivative *skurtaz (“short”).[1]

Verb[edit]

*skertaną

  1. to cut off
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *skertaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skertō *skertaų — *skertai ?
2nd singular *skirtizi *skertaiz *skert *skertazai *skertaizau
3rd singular *skirtidi *skertai *skertadau *skertadai *skertaidau
1st dual *skertōz *skertaiw — — —
2nd dual *skertadiz *skertaidiz *skertadiz — —
1st plural *skertamaz *skertaim — *skertandai *skertaindau
2nd plural *skirtid *skertaid *skirtid *skertandai *skertaindau
3rd plural *skertandi *skertain *skertandau *skertandai *skertaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skart *skurtį̄
2nd singular *skarst *skurtīz
3rd singular *skart *skurtī
1st dual *skurtū *skurtīw
2nd dual *skurtudiz *skurtīdiz
1st plural *skurtum *skurtīm
2nd plural *skurtud *skurtīd
3rd plural *skurtun *skurtīn
present past
participles *skertandz *skurtanaz
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Dutch: scharten (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *skerzan

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing”).

Verb[edit]

*skertaną

  1. to leap, jump, spring
  2. to jest, joke
Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
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