Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skīdą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skey-tó-m, from *skey- (“to split”). Compare, in particular, Proto-Celtic *skeitos (“shield”), Proto-Slavic *ščítъ (“idem”).[1]

Noun

*skīdą n

  1. piece of wood, billet, board

Inflection

Declension of *skīdą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skīdą *skīdō
vocative *skīdą *skīdō
accusative *skīdą *skīdō
genitive *skīdas, *skīdis *skīdǫ̂
dative *skīdai *skīdamaz
instrumental *skīdō *skīdamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skīđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341
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