Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsker.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Probably originally *skerdaną, from Pre-Germanic *skerdʰ-, with the final consonant influenced by the iterative. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see the derivative *skurtaz (“short”).^[1]

*skertaną

1. to cut off

• *skurtaz
• *skurtōną

• *skardaz

• Dutch: scharten (dialectal)
• Old High German: *skerzan
  • Middle High German: scherzen

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing”).

*skertaną

1. to leap, jump, spring
2. to jest, joke

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Old English: *sċiertan, *sċyrtan
  • Middle English: schurten, schurtten (“to amuse or enjoy oneself”)
• Old High German: *skërzan
  • Middle High German: schërzen
    • Cimbrian: schèrtzan
    • German: scherzen
  • → Italian: scherzare

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN