Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaldaną

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

Unclear, Seebold suggests it's possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”) with a s-mobile attached to the root.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑl.dɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skaldaną[1]

  1. to knock, hit

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7c)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skaldō *skaldaų — *skaldai ?
2nd singular *skaldizi *skaldaiz *skald *skaldazai *skaldaizau
3rd singular *skaldidi *skaldai *skaldadau *skaldadai *skaldaidau
1st dual *skaldōz *skaldaiw — — —
2nd dual *skaldadiz *skaldaidiz *skaldadiz — —
1st plural *skaldamaz *skaldaim — *skaldandai *skaldaindau
2nd plural *skaldid *skaldaid *skaldid *skaldandai *skaldaindau
3rd plural *skaldandi *skaldain *skaldandau *skaldandai *skaldaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skeskald *skeskaldį̄
2nd singular *skeskalst *skeskaldīz
3rd singular *skeskald *skeskaldī
1st dual *skeskaldū *skeskaldīw
2nd dual *skeskaldudiz *skeskaldīdiz
1st plural *skeskaldum *skeskaldīm
2nd plural *skeskaldud *skeskaldīd
3rd plural *skeskaldun *skeskaldīn
present past
participles *skaldandz *skaldanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skaldan
    • Old Saxon: skaldan
    • Old High German: skaltan

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SKALD-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 406
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