Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skarp
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.
Adjective[edit]
*skarp[1]
Inflection[edit]
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *skarp | ||
| Genitive | *skarpas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *skarp | *skarpu | *skarp |
| Accusative | *skarpanā | *skarpā | *skarp |
| Genitive | *skarpas | *skarpeʀā | *skarpas |
| Dative | *skarpumē | *skarpeʀē | *skarpumē |
| Instrumental | *skarpu | *skarpeʀu | *skarpu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *skarpē | *skarpō | *skarpu |
| Accusative | *skarpā | *skarpā | *skarpu |
| Genitive | *skarpeʀō | *skarpeʀō | *skarpeʀō |
| Dative | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum |
| Instrumental | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum | *skarpēm, *skarpum |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: sċarp, sċearp
- Old Frisian: skerp, skarp
- Old Saxon: skarp
- Old Dutch: scarp
- Old High German: scarf, scarph
- → Old Catalan: escarp
- Catalan: esquerp
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *skarp”