Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skīdą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skey-tó-m, from *skey- (“to split”). Compare, in particular, Proto-Celtic *skeitos (“shield”), Proto-Slavic *ščítъ (“idem”).^[1]

Noun

*skīdą n

piece of wood, billet, board

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skīdą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skīdą	*skīdō
vocative	*skīdą	*skīdō
accusative	*skīdą	*skīdō
genitive	skīdas, skīdis	*skīdǫ̂
dative	*skīdai	*skīdamaz
instrumental	*skīdō	*skīdamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skīd
- Old English: sċīd
  - Middle English: schyd, chyde, scheyde, schide, schudde, schyde, schyyd, shide, shyde, syde, szhide, sid, scid (Early Middle English)
    - English: shide (obsolete)
    - Middle Scots: schide, schyde
- Old Frisian: skīd
  - North Frisian: skeid
- Old Saxon: *skīd
  - Middle Low German: schît
- Old Dutch: *skīd
  - Middle Dutch: *schijt
    - Dutch: schijd (East Flemish)
      - → French: skęt, hète; skète, équette
- Old High German: skīt
  - Middle High German: schīt
    - German: Scheit
    - Luxembourgish: Schäit, Scheet
Old Norse: skíð
- Icelandic: skíð
- Faroese: skíð
- Norwegian: skid, ski (see there for further descendants)
  - → Danish: ski
    - Norwegian Bokmål: ski
- Old Swedish: skīdh n; skīþa f
  - Swedish: skid; skida
- → Middle English: *skid
  - English: skid, skeed

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skīđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skīđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341

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