Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaibaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *skoy-pó-s, which may be a derivative of *skey- (“to split”). Orel compares Lithuanian skybas (“wedge-like piece of land”), Latvian šķìbs (“crooked”).[1]
Adjective
*skaibaz
Inflection
Declension of *skaibaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *skaibaz | *skaibai | *skaibō | *skaibôz | *skaibą, *-at(ō) | *skaibō |
| accusative | *skaibanǭ | *skaibanz | *skaibǭ | *skaibōz | *skaibą, *-at(ō) | *skaibō |
| genitive | *skaibas, *skaibis | *skaibaizǫ̂ | *skaibaizōz | *skaibaizǫ̂ | *skaibas, *skaibis | *skaibaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *skaibammai | *skaibaimaz | *skaibaizōi | *skaibaimaz | *skaibammai | *skaibaimaz |
| instrumental | *skaibanō | *skaibaimiz | *skaibaizō | *skaibaimiz | *skaibanō | *skaibaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *skaibô | *skaibaniz | *skaibǭ | *skaibōniz | *skaibô | *skaibōnō |
| accusative | *skaibanų | *skaibanunz | *skaibōnų | *skaibōnunz | *skaibô | *skaibōnō |
| genitive | *skaibiniz | *skaibanǫ̂ | *skaibōniz | *skaibōnǫ̂ | *skaibiniz | *skaibanǫ̂ |
| dative | *skaibini | *skaibammaz | *skaibōni | *skaibōmaz | *skaibini | *skaibammaz |
| instrumental | *skaibinē | *skaibammiz | *skaibōnē | *skaibōmiz | *skaibinē | *skaibammiz |
Alternative reconstructions
- *skaifaz, *skēfaz, *skēifaz
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *skaib, *skaif
- Old Norse: skeifr
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331