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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably originally *skerdaną, from Pre-Germanic *skerdʰ-, with the final consonant influenced by the iterative; see *skardaz (“cut-up”) for more.[1] Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see the derivative *skurtaz (“short”).[2]
Verb
*skertaną
- to cut off
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing”), and related to Sanskrit कूर्दति (kūrdati, “to spring”), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing”).[3]
Verb
*skertaną
- to leap, jump, spring
- to jest, joke
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skertan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skartan ~ *skartaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*skertanan”