Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skuldru
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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]
Unknown; perhaps related to *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split”).
Noun[edit]
*skuldru m[1]
Declension[edit]
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *skuldru | |
| Genitive | *skuldrā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skuldru | *skuldrō |
| Accusative | *skuldrā | *skuldrā |
| Genitive | *skuldrā | *skuldrō |
| Dative | *skuldrē | *skuldrōm, *skuldrum |
| Instrumental | *skuldru | *skuldrōm, *skuldrum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: sċuldra, sċuldor, sċuldru
- Old Frisian: skuldere
- Old Saxon: *skuldro
- Old Dutch: *sculdero
- Old High German: scultera, scultra
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*skuldru ‘shoulder’”