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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skardaz

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 Pre-Germanic *skordʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ-. Cognate with Old Irish scerdaid, Lithuanian sker̃sti (to cut, slaughter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑr.ðɑz/

Adjective

*skardaz

  1. cut up, damaged

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: sċeard
  • Old Frisian: skerd, skerde (*skardijaz?)
  • Old Saxon: skard
    • Middle Low German: schart
  • Old High German: *skart, liduskart
    • Middle High German: schart(e)
  • Old Norse: skarðr

References

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