Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaggiją

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *skag- (“to emerge, stick out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”) +‎ *-gją, *-gjô, *-gô.

Noun

*skaggiją n

  1. that which protrudes or sticks out
  2. (nautical) stem (of a ship)
    Coordinate term: *keluz
  3. (North Germanic) beard
    Synonym: *bardaz

Inflection

Declension of *skaggiją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skaggiją *skaggijō
vocative *skaggiją *skaggijō
accusative *skaggiją *skaggijō
genitive *skaggijas, *skaggīs *skaggijǫ̂
dative *skaggijai *skaggijamaz
instrumental *skaggijō *skaggijamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skaggō (< Proto-Germanic *skaggô)
    • Old English: sċeacga
      • Middle English: *schagge, *shagge
        • Scots: schage, schaig, schagg
        • English: shag
  • Old Norse: skegg
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