Reconstruction:Old Dutch/skelfisc

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

Compound of *skella (“peel, shell”) +‎ fisc (“fish”).

Noun

*skelfisc m

  1. haddock (fish)

Inflection

Declension of *skelfisc (masculine a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *skelfisc *skelfisca
accusative *skelfisc *skelfisca
genitive *skelfiskes *skelfisco
dative *skelfiske *skelfiscon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: schelvisch

Further reading

  • “skellifisk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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