Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skuppōną

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): /ˈskup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

From Pre-Germanic *skubʰnéh₂-, an iterative formation to *skeubaną *skūbaną (“to shove”). Related to Lithuanian skubinti (“to rush, hurry”).

*skuppōną

1. to shove, push, swing

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skupp- against non-singular *skub-.

• Middle Low German: schuppen
• Middle Dutch: scuppen, *scoppen
  • Dutch: schoppen
    • Afrikaans: skop
• Middle High German: schopfen, schupfen, schüpfen; (northern) schoppen, schuppen
  • Bavarian: schupfn
  • (German: schubsen); schuppen, schupfen (regional)
• Old Norse: *skopa
  • Icelandic: skopa
  • Faroese: skopa
  • Norwegian: skubba, skuppa, skopa

Considered by Kroonen to be a secondary zero-grade iterative to Proto-Indo-European *skep-. Probably related to Ancient Greek σκώπτω (skṓptō, “to mock”).

*skuppōną

1. to mock, scoff

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skupp- against non-singular *skub-.

• *skaupą
• *skupą/*skufą
• *skupaz/*skuppaz

• Middle Low German: schoven
• Dutch: schobben, schoppen (early modern)
• Middle High German: schopfen
• Old Norse: skopa
  • Icelandic: skopa
  • Old Swedish: skopa

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