Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skehaną

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”). The derived sense of "to happen" appears to have developed at an early stage. Cognate with Old Irish scuichid (“to move, start, go”), Welsh ysgogi (“to move, stir, tremble”), Proto-Slavic *skočìti (“to jump, leap”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈske.xɑ.nɑ̃/

*skehaną

1. (West Germanic) to jump; spring up
2. (West Germanic) to emerge; come up; happen

• *skihtiz
  • Old Dutch: *skiht
    • Middle Dutch: schicht
      • Dutch: schicht
• *skakaną
• *skakkōną
• *skikkijaną
• *skukkōną

• Proto-West Germanic: *skehan
  • Old English: sċēon
    • Middle English: sen
  • Old Frisian: skiā, schiā
    • North Frisian: skie
  • Old Saxon: skehan
    • Middle Low German: schēn
      • Low German: schehn
      • → Danish: ske
        • Norwegian Bokmål: skje
        • → Icelandic: ske
        • → Faroese: ske
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skje; (dialectal) ski
      • → Old Swedish: ske
        • Swedish: ske
  • Old Dutch: *skian
    • Middle Dutch: schien
      • Limburgish: sjeeje, sji-jje
  • Old High German: skehan, scehan
    • Middle High German: schëhen
      • German: geschehen