Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtāną

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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

From *skurtaz (short, lacking) +‎ *-āną.[1]

Verb

*skurtāną[1]

  1. to be short
  2. to lack

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skurtēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 346