Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skōgô

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

Unknown. The sense development is generally thought to be "something sticking out" > "small collection of trees" > "thicket",[1] and has been tentatively linked to *skehaną (“to spring up, emerge”).[2] Compare also *skagją (“beard”), *skagô (“peninsula, cape”) (the latter whence Old Norse skagi (“low cape, ness”)).[3]

Noun

*skōgô ~ skakkaz m[4]

  1. thicket, small wood
    Synonyms: *furhiþą, *furhō, *walþuz, *widuz

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skagō
    • Old English: sċeaga
      • Middle English: schawe, shawe, shaghe, schaghe, schaȝe
    • Old High German: scahho (< variant *skaggō or *skag-jō)
      • Old High German: schache
        • German: Schachen
  • Old Norse: skógr

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “skógr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 497
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaʒōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
  3. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “skógur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  4. ^ Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎[3], Leiden: Leiden University, page 195
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