Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skautô
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *skautaz (“corner; wedge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*skautô m[1]
- an object with a square shape
Inflection[edit]
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *skautô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *skautô | *skautaniz | |
| vocative | *skautô | *skautaniz | |
| accusative | *skautanų | *skautanunz | |
| genitive | *skautiniz | *skautanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *skautini | *skautammaz | |
| instrumental | *skautinē | *skautammiz | |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: sċēata (“corner, angle, cloth”)
- Old Saxon: *skota
- Middle Low German: shote (“pot”)
- Old High German: *scōza
- Middle High German: schōze (“fold, apron”)
- Old Norse: skauti (“kerchief, a square piece of wood”)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skautōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 337