Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skattaz

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.

Of uncertain origin; numerous unconvincing proposals have been suggested.^[1] Kroonen rejects the traditional derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *skatn-, *skat- (“to jump, skip, splash out”), via which Latin scateō (“pour out, gush forth”) was linked, and leaves the origin open, with quasi-Indo-European form *skh₁dʰ-nó-s, based on a presumed relation to Proto-Germanic *skēdaną (whence Westphalian Low German schåen (“to yield”) < *skéh₁dʰ-e-).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /skɑt.tɑz/

*skattaz m

1. cattle, cows
2. (by extension) owndom, wealth, goods
3. hoard, treasure, money

• (all senses): *fehu

• *skattōną

• Proto-West Germanic: *skatt
  • Old English: sċeatt, sċeat, sċætt
    • Middle English: schat, sat, schet, scet
      • → Medieval Latin: scata, sceatta
    • → English: sceat
  • Old Frisian: skett, skat, sket, schet
    • Saterland Frisian: Skät
    • West Frisian: skat
  • Old Saxon: skat, skatt, scat
    • Middle Low German: schat
      • German Low German: Schatt
  • Old Dutch: skat
    • Middle Dutch: schat
      • Dutch: schat
        • Afrikaans: skat
      • Limburgish: sjat
  • Old High German: skaz, scaz
    • Middle High German: schaz, schatz
      • German: Schatz (see there for further descendants)
      • Luxembourgish: Schatz
  • → Old French: escat
• Old Norse: skattr
  • Icelandic: skattur
  • Faroese: skattur
  • Norwegian: skatt
  • Old Swedish: skatter
    • Swedish: skatt
  • Danish: skat
  • → Middle English: scat, skatte
    • Scots: scatt, skatt, skait
    • English: scat
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 (skatts)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: скотъ (skotŭ)
  • → Russian: скот (skot)