Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skeulą

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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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

According to Orel, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (to cover), from which he also derives *skuwwô (reflection; shadow).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*skeulą n

  1. (North Germanic) shelter, hiding place

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skeulą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skeulą *skeulō
vocative *skeulą *skeulō
accusative *skeulą *skeulō
genitive *skeulas, *skiulis *skeulǫ̂
dative *skeulai *skeulamaz
instrumental *skeulō *skeulamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Norse: skjól

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skeulan ~ *skūlan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339