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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeyh₁- (“to shimmer; shadow”) with a suffix *-mô, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō.
Pronunciation
Noun
*skīmô m
- shine; luminescence
- light; lamp
Inflection
Declension of *skīmô (masculine an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*skīmô
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*skīmaniz
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| vocative
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*skīmô
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*skīmaniz
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| accusative
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*skīmanų
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*skīmanunz
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| genitive
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*skīminiz
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*skīmanǫ̂
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| dative
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*skīmini
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*skīmammaz
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| instrumental
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*skīminē
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*skīmammiz
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- *skaimaz
- *skimalaz
- *skimarōną
- *skimatjaną
- *skimô
- *skimōną
Descendants
- Old English: sċīma; (sċima)
- ⇒ Middle English: schym (adjective)
- Old Frisian: *skīma
- Saterland Frisian: Skieme
- West Frisian: skim, skym
- Old Saxon: skīmo, scīmo
- Old Dutch: *skīmo
- (Middle Dutch: schim, schem)
- Old High German: scīmo
- Middle High German: schīme; (schëme)
- Old Norse: skími; (skimi); (skim)
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 (skeima)