Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skammijaną
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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 *skammaz (“short, blunt”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
Verb
*skammijaną[1]
- to shorten
Inflection
Conjugation of *skammijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *skammijan
- Old High German: skemmen
- Old Norse: skemma
- Icelandic: skemma
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skammjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333