Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skip

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *skipą.

    Noun

    *skip n

    1. ship
    2. (Elbe Germanic) any hollow or concave manmade object
    3. (Elbe Germanic) vessel, tub

    Inflection

    Neuter a-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *skip
    Genitive *skipas
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *skip *skipu
    Accusative *skip *skipu
    Genitive *skipas *skipō
    Dative *skipē *skipum
    Instrumental *skipu *skipum

    Reconstruction notes

    The more general sense of hollowed-out objects is possibly inherited from pre-Germanic and a relic from before the meaning narrowed to “ship”, as this is a common semantic shift among many languages and would furthermore fit the etymology (whether it is Proto-Indo-European *skey- (to cut, carve) or Latin scyphus (cup, vessel)).

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