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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skakaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (to shake, stir), with unexpected -k- instead of -h-, either through contamination or back-formation from the iterative *skakkōną (to shake).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skakaną

  1. to swing
  2. to shake
  3. to escape

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old English: sċacan, sċeacan
  • Old Frisian: skeka
    • Saterland Frisian: skädje ?
    • West Frisian: schaekjen, schaakje, schaekje
  • Old Saxon: skakan
    • Middle Low German: *schaken
  • Old Dutch: *skakan
  • Old High German: (skahhōn, scachōn)
  • Old Norse: skaka (skakra)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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