Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaiþōną

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 *skaiþiz (“sheath”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɑi̯.θɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skaiþōną^[1]

to sheath

Inflection

Conjugation of *skaiþōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*skaiþō	*skaiþǭ	—	*skaiþōi	?
2nd singular	*skaiþōsi	*skaiþōs	*skaiþō	*skaiþōsai	*skaiþōsau
3rd singular	*skaiþōþi	*skaiþō	*skaiþōþau	*skaiþōþai	*skaiþōþau
1st dual	*skaiþōs	*skaiþōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skaiþōþiz	*skaiþōþiz	*skaiþōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*skaiþōmaz	*skaiþōm	—	*skaiþōnþai	*skaiþōnþau
2nd plural	*skaiþōþ	*skaiþōþ	*skaiþōþ	*skaiþōnþai	*skaiþōnþau
3rd plural	*skaiþōnþi	*skaiþōn	*skaiþōnþau	*skaiþōnþai	*skaiþōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skaiþōdǭ	*skaiþōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*skaiþōdēz	*skaiþōdēdīz
3rd singular	*skaiþōdē	*skaiþōdēdī
1st dual	*skaiþōdēdū	*skaiþōdēdīw
2nd dual	*skaiþōdēdudiz	*skaiþōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*skaiþōdēdum	*skaiþōdēdīm
2nd plural	*skaiþōdēdud	*skaiþōdēdīd
3rd plural	*skaiþōdēdun	*skaiþōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*skaiþōndz	*skaiþōdaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skaiþōn
- Old English: *sċēaþian
  - Middle English: shethen
    - English: sheath
Old Norse: skeiða
- Icelandic: skeiða

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiþōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiþōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332

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