Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krdʰ-o-s, a zero-grade formation from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (“to cut up”), for which see *skardaz (“cut-up, damaged”) for more.[1] Compare also Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (“short”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*skurtaz
Inflection
Declension of *skurtaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skurtaz | *skurtai | *skurtō | *skurtôz | *skurtą, -atō | *skurtō |
| Accusative | *skurtanǭ | *skurtanz | *skurtǭ | *skurtōz | *skurtą, -atō | *skurtō |
| Genitive | *skurtas, -is | *skurtaizǫ̂ | *skurtaizōz | *skurtaizǫ̂ | *skurtas, -is | *skurtaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *skurtammai | *skurtaimaz | *skurtaizōi | *skurtaimaz | *skurtammai | *skurtaimaz |
| Instrumental | *skurtanō | *skurtaimiz | *skurtaizō | *skurtaimiz | *skurtanō | *skurtaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skurtô | *skurtaniz | *skurtǭ | *skurtōniz | *skurtô | *skurtōnō |
| Accusative | *skurtanų | *skurtanunz | *skurtōnų | *skurtōnunz | *skurtô | *skurtōnō |
| Genitive | *skurtiniz | *skurtanǫ̂ | *skurtōniz | *skurtōnǫ̂ | *skurtiniz | *skurtanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *skurtini | *skurtammaz | *skurtōni | *skurtōmaz | *skurtini | *skurtammaz |
| Instrumental | *skurtinē | *skurtammiz | *skurtōnē | *skurtōmiz | *skurtinē | *skurtammiz |
Derived terms
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: “*skurta-”