Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skūwō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *skuwwô.

Noun[edit]

*skūwō m[1]

  1. shadow

Inflection[edit]

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *skūwō
Genitive *skūwini, *skūwan
Singular Plural
Nominative *skūwō *skūwan
Accusative *skūwan *skūwan
Genitive *skūwini, *skūwan *skūwanō
Dative *skūwini, *skūwan *skūwum
Instrumental *skūwini, *skūwan *skūwum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: sċūwa, sċūa
  • Old High German: skūwo, skūo

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66:PWGmc *skūwō