Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaftaz

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 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 *skeh₂p- (“rod, shaft, staff, club”), potentially from a root *(s)ke(H)p- (“to strike, beat”). Compare Proto-Slavic *kopьje (“spear, javelin”), Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, baton”) and Latin scapus (“shaft”), which Albanian shkop (“stick”) may also derive from or merely be cognate with.

Pronunciation

Noun

*skaftaz m

  1. shaft

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *skaftaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skaftaz *skaftōz, *skaftōs
vocative *skaft *skaftōz, *skaftōs
accusative *skaftą *skaftanz
genitive *skaftas, *skaftis *skaftǫ̂
dative *skaftai *skaftamaz
instrumental *skaftō *skaftamiz

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