Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaiþaną

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 reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skóyt-e-ti, the o-grade of a t-extension of *skey- (to split, dissect).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑi̯.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skaiþaną

  1. to separate

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7a)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skaiþō *skaiþaų *skaiþai ?
2nd singular *skaiþizi *skaiþaiz *skaiþ *skaiþazai *skaiþaizau
3rd singular *skaiþidi *skaiþai *skaiþadau *skaiþadai *skaiþaidau
1st dual *skaiþōz *skaiþaiw
2nd dual *skaiþadiz *skaiþaidiz *skaiþadiz
1st plural *skaiþamaz *skaiþaim *skaiþandai *skaiþaindau
2nd plural *skaiþid *skaiþaid *skaiþid *skaiþandai *skaiþaindau
3rd plural *skaiþandi *skaiþain *skaiþandau *skaiþandai *skaiþaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skeskaiþ *skeskaidį̄
2nd singular *skeskaist *skeskaidīz
3rd singular *skeskaiþ *skeskaidī
1st dual *skeskaidū *skeskaidīw
2nd dual *skeskaidudiz *skeskaidīdiz
1st plural *skeskaidum *skeskaidīm
2nd plural *skeskaidud *skeskaidīd
3rd plural *skeskaidun *skeskaidīn
present past
participles *skaiþandz *skaidanaz

See also

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiđanan ~ *skaiþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331