Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skāk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps related to *skakan (“to shake”).

Noun

*skāk m

1. robbery
2. abduction

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skāk
Genitive	*skākas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skāk	*skākō, *skākōs
Accusative	*skāk	*skākā
Genitive	*skākas	*skākō
Dative	*skākē	*skākum
Instrumental	*skāku	*skākum

Derived terms

• *skākārī
• *skākōn, *skākijan
  • Old Frisian: skēka
  • Old Saxon: *skākon, *skāken
    • Middle Low German: schāken
  • Old Dutch: *scācon, *scāken
    • Middle Dutch: *schâken (attested in ontscâken)
      • Dutch: schaken
  • Old High German: *scāhhōn, *scāhhen
    • Middle High German: schāchen
      • German: schachen (obsolete)
        • ⇒ German: schachern (merged with a Hebrew word)

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *skāk
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: skākdēd, skākdēde
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: skākrâf
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: skākrâvere
• Old Saxon: *skāk
  • Middle Low German: schāk
• Old Dutch: *scāc
  • Middle Dutch: schâec
    • Dutch: schaak
• Old High German: skāh, scah
  • Middle High German: schāch
• → Medieval Latin: scacchum, scachum
  • Old French: eschec, eschiec (“booty, spoils”)
    • Middle French: eschec, eschiec
    • ⇒ Old French: eschiequer, eschecer, escheker, eschieker
      • → Middle English: skekken, skiken
  • ⇒ Latin: scachator