Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skautaz

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.

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”), whence *skeutaną (“to shoot”); cognate with Proto-Slavic *kỳdati (“to fling”), Sanskrit चोदति (códati, “to impel”). The semantic development would be “to shoot out” > “to jut out” > “projection, edge”.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑu̯.tɑz/

*skautaz m

1. corner; wedge, protrusion
2. the corner of a piece of cloth or garment: lap, flap, fold
   1. (by extension) lap
      1. (by extension) womb
3. sheet

   Synonym: *seglą (“sheet”)

4. (nautical) a line from the foot of a sail

   Coordinate term: *seglą (“sail”)

• *skautijǭ
• *skautijaną
• *skautô

• Old English: sċēat; sċēata; *sċīete, *sċȳte, *sċīte, sċēte
  • Middle English: scheat; schete
    • Scots: schete, scheit, sheat, sheet
    • English: sheet
      • → Swazi: lishidi
• Old Frisian: scāt, skāt, schāt
  • North Frisian: skut
  • Saterland Frisian: Skoote
  • West Frisian: skoat
• Old Saxon: *skōt
  • Middle Low German: schôt; schôte
    • German Low German: Schoot
      • → German: Schot
    • → Swedish: skot
• Old Dutch: *skōt; skōta (in placenames)
  • Middle Dutch: scoot, schoot
    • Dutch: schoot
• Old High German: scōzo, scōz, *scōza, scozza
  • Middle High German: schoz, schōze
    • German: Schoß
    • Luxembourgish: Schouss
    • Yiddish: שויס (shoys)
• Old Norse: skaut
  • Icelandic: skaut
  • Norwegian: skot, skaut
  • Old Swedish: skø̄t
    • Swedish: sköt, sköte
  • Danish: skød; skøde
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts), 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄 (skaut) (?)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *skutъ
    • Serbo-Croatian: skȗt/ску̑т