Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skītaną

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

According to Orel, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd- (“to cut off”) (though Kroonen is implicitly skeptical).[1] Cognates include Lithuanian šikti (“to defecate, shit”), Proto-Slavic *cěditi (“to strain, filter”),[2] Ancient Greek σχῐ́ζω (skhĭ́zō, “to split”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skītaną[1][2]

  1. to defecate, to shit

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skītō *skītaų — *skītai ?
2nd singular *skītizi *skītaiz *skīt *skītazai *skītaizau
3rd singular *skītidi *skītai *skītadau *skītadai *skītaidau
1st dual *skītōz *skītaiw — — —
2nd dual *skītadiz *skītaidiz *skītadiz — —
1st plural *skītamaz *skītaim — *skītandai *skītaindau
2nd plural *skītid *skītaid *skītid *skītandai *skītaindau
3rd plural *skītandi *skītain *skītandau *skītandai *skītaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skait *skitį̄
2nd singular *skaist *skitīz
3rd singular *skait *skitī
1st dual *skitū *skitīw
2nd dual *skitudiz *skitīdiz
1st plural *skitum *skitīm
2nd plural *skitud *skitīd
3rd plural *skitun *skitīn
present past
participles *skītandz *skitanaz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342
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