Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaibaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *skoy-pó-s, which may be a derivative of *skey- (“to split”). Orel compares Lithuanian skybas (“wedge-like piece of land”), Latvian šķìbs (“crooked”).^[1]

Adjective

*skaibaz

slanted, oblique, inclined, sloping

Inflection

Declension of *skaibaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*skaibaz	*skaibō	skaibą, -at(ō)	*skaibai	*skaibôz	*skaibō
accusative	*skaibanǭ	*skaibǭ	skaibą, -at(ō)	*skaibanz	*skaibōz	*skaibō
genitive	skaibas, skaibis	*skaibaizōz	skaibas, skaibis	*skaibaizǫ̂	*skaibaizǫ̂	*skaibaizǫ̂
dative	*skaibammai	*skaibaizōi	*skaibammai	*skaibaimaz	*skaibaimaz	*skaibaimaz
instrumental	*skaibanō	*skaibaizō	*skaibanō	*skaibaimiz	*skaibaimiz	*skaibaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*skaibô	*skaibǭ	*skaibô	*skaibaniz	*skaibōniz	*skaibōnō
accusative	*skaibanų	*skaibōnų	*skaibô	*skaibanunz	*skaibōnunz	*skaibōnō
genitive	*skaibiniz	*skaibōniz	*skaibiniz	*skaibanǫ̂	*skaibōnǫ̂	*skaibanǫ̂
dative	*skaibini	*skaibōni	*skaibini	*skaibammaz	*skaibōmaz	*skaibammaz
instrumental	*skaibinē	*skaibōnē	*skaibinē	*skaibammiz	*skaibōmiz	*skaibammiz

Alternative reconstructions

*skaifaz, *skēfaz, *skēifaz

Related terms

*skibbaz
*skībǭ
*skībōną (“to shove, roll forward”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skaib, *skaif
- Old English: *sċāb, *sċāf
  - ⇒ Old English: sċābfōt, sċāffōt
- Old Frisian: *skēf
  - North Frisian: skiaf
  - Saterland Frisian: skeeuw
  - West Frisian: skeef
- Old Saxon: skēf
  - Middle Low German: schêf
    - German Low German: scheev
    - → Middle High German: *schēf, schief, schīf
      - German: schief
- Old Dutch: *skēf
  - Middle Dutch: scheef, scheiff, scheyff
    - Dutch: scheef
      - Afrikaans: skeef
- >? Old High German: *skeib, *skeif
  - Middle High German: *scheip, *scheif
    - German: scheif, scheib (dialectal)
Old Norse: skeifr
- Icelandic: skeifur
- Faroese: skeivur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skeiv; (dialectal) skeiv'u, skeiv'e
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: skeiv
- Old Swedish: skēver
  - Swedish: skev
- Gutnish: skaiv
- Old Danish: skev
  - Danish: skæv, skjæv, skjev
    - Norwegian Bokmål: skjev

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skaiƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331

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