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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *skordʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ- (“to cut up”); cognate with Old Irish scerdaid (“to peel, scrape off”), Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to cut, slaughter”). The Indo-European root may be an extension of *sker- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*skardaz
- cut up, damaged
Inflection
Declension of *skardaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*skardaz
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*skardō
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*skardą, -atō
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*skardai
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*skardôz
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*skardō
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| accusative
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*skardanǭ
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*skardǭ
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*skardą, -atō
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*skardanz
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*skardōz
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*skardō
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| genitive
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*skardas, -is
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*skardaizōz
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*skardas, -is
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*skardaizǫ̂
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*skardaizǫ̂
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*skardaizǫ̂
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| dative
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*skardammai
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*skardaizōi
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*skardammai
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*skardaimaz
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*skardaimaz
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*skardaimaz
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| instrumental
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*skardanō
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*skardaizō
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*skardanō
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*skardaimiz
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*skardaimiz
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*skardaimiz
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| Weak declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*skardô
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*skardǭ
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*skardô
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*skardaniz
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*skardōniz
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*skardōnō
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| accusative
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*skardanų
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*skardōnų
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*skardô
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*skardanunz
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*skardōnunz
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*skardōnō
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| genitive
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*skardiniz
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*skardōniz
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*skardiniz
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*skardanǫ̂
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*skardōnǫ̂
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*skardanǫ̂
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| dative
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*skardini
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*skardōni
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*skardini
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*skardammaz
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*skardōmaz
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*skardammaz
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| instrumental
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*skardinē
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*skardōnē
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*skardinē
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*skardammiz
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*skardōmiz
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*skardammiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skarda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440
