Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurdiz

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 *(s)kr̥(H)tís, from *skeraną +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskur.ðiz/

Noun

*skurdiz f

1. cutting, shearing

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *skurdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skurdiz	*skurdīz
vocative	*skurdi	*skurdīz
accusative	*skurdį	*skurdinz
genitive	*skurdīz	*skurdijǫ̂
dative	*skurdī	*skurdimaz
instrumental	*skurdī	*skurdimiz

Descendants

• Old Frisian: skerd m
  • West Frisian: schird
• Old Saxon:
  • Middle Low German:
    • Low German: Schöör, Schöört
• Old High German: scurt f
• Old Norse: skurðr m
  • Icelandic: skurður
  • Faroese: skurður (in skurðmynd, skurðviðgerð)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skurd m, skur m
  • Old Swedish: skyrþ f
    • Swedish: skörd

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skurdiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451