Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skurt

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 *skurtaz.

Adjective

*skurt

1. short
2. lacking, deficient

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*skurt
Genitive	*skurtas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*skurt	*skurtu	*skurt
Accusative	*skurtanā	*skurtā	*skurt
Genitive	*skurtas	*skurteʀā	*skurtas
Dative	*skurtumē	*skurteʀē	*skurtumē
Instrumental	*skurtu	*skurteʀu	*skurtu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*skurtē	*skurtō	*skurtu
Accusative	*skurtā	*skurtā	*skurtu
Genitive	*skurteʀō	*skurteʀō	*skurteʀō
Dative	*skurtēm, *skurtum	*skurtēm, *skurtum	*skurtēm, *skurtum
Instrumental	*skurtēm, *skurtum	*skurtēm, *skurtum	*skurtēm, *skurtum

Derived terms

• *skurtēn
• *skurtijan

Descendants

• Old English: sċort, sċeort
  • Middle English: schort
    • English: short
      • → French: short
        • → Vietnamese: soóc
    • Scots: schort, short
• Old Frisian: *skort
• Old High German: scurt, scurz
  • Middle High German: schurz
    • ⇒ German: Schurz (nominalized)