Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skelhaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”).
Adjective
*skelhaz[1]
Declension
Declension of *skelhaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *skelhaz | *skelhai | *skelhō | *skelhôz | *skelhą, *-at(ō) | *skelhō |
| accusative | *skelhanǭ | *skelhanz | *skelhǭ | *skelhōz | *skelhą, *-at(ō) | *skelhō |
| genitive | *skelhas, *skelhis | *skelhaizǫ̂ | *skelhaizōz | *skelhaizǫ̂ | *skelhas, *skelhis | *skelhaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *skelhammai | *skelhaimaz | *skelhaizōi | *skelhaimaz | *skelhammai | *skelhaimaz |
| instrumental | *skelhanō | *skelhaimiz | *skelhaizō | *skelhaimiz | *skelhanō | *skelhaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *skelhô | *skelhaniz | *skelhǭ | *skelhōniz | *skelhô | *skelhōnō |
| accusative | *skelhanų | *skelhanunz | *skelhōnų | *skelhōnunz | *skelhô | *skelhōnō |
| genitive | *skelhiniz | *skelhanǫ̂ | *skelhōniz | *skelhōnǫ̂ | *skelhiniz | *skelhanǫ̂ |
| dative | *skelhini | *skelhammaz | *skelhōni | *skelhōmaz | *skelhini | *skelhammaz |
| instrumental | *skelhinē | *skelhammiz | *skelhōnē | *skelhōmiz | *skelhinē | *skelhammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *skelh
- Old English: sċeolh, sċeol
- ⇒ Old English: sċeolhēagede, sċylhēagede, sċelgegede
- Middle English: sculeiȝede
- ⇒ Old English: sċeolhēagede, sċylhēagede, sċelgegede
- Old Saxon: *skelh, *skel
- Old Dutch: *skelh, *skel
- Old High German: skelah
- Old English: sċeolh, sċeol
- Old Norse: skjalgr
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skelha- ~ *skelga-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442