Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaiþiz

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

From *skaiþaną (“to separate”) +‎ *-þiz (“nominal suffix”).^[1]

Noun

*skaiþiz f

sheath, covering
something carved out to be concave or hollow

Inflection

Declension of *skaiþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skaiþiz	*skaiþīz
vocative	*skaiþi	*skaiþīz
accusative	*skaiþį	*skaiþinz
genitive	*skaiþīz	*skaiþijǫ̂
dative	*skaiþī	*skaiþimaz
instrumental	*skaiþī	*skaiþimiz

Derived terms

*skaiþōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skaiþiju
- Old English: sċēaþ
  - Middle English: shethe, sheth, schethe, scheth
    - English: sheath, sheathe
- Old Frisian: skēthe
- Old Saxon: sceitha
  - Low German: scheed
- Old Dutch: *skētha
  - Middle Dutch: schêde
    - Dutch: schede
      - Afrikaans: skede
- Old High German: sceida, skaida
  - Middle High German: scheide
    - German: Scheide
    - Hunsrik: Scheed
    - Luxembourgish: Scheed
    - Yiddish: שייד (sheyd)
Old Norse: skeið
- Icelandic: skeið
- Faroese: skeið
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skei, skeid
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: skei
- Old Swedish: skēþ
  - Swedish: sked
- Danish: ske
  - Norwegian Bokmål: skje
- → Middle Irish: scáeth
  - Irish: scaoth
  - Manx: skeih
  - Scottish Gaelic: sgaoth
Old Norse: skeiðir f pl (“sheath”)
- Danish: skede
  - Norwegian Bokmål: skjede
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjede

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiþiz ~ *skaiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiþiz ~ *skaiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332

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