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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skiljaną

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (to cut, separate).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*skiljaną[2][1]

  1. to cut
  2. to split, divide
  3. to separate, distinguish

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skeljanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skeljan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 443
  3. ^ skille” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog