Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skarną

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 *sóḱr̥ (“dung, excrement”). Cognate with Latin cerda ("dung, feces"; in compounds: mūscerda, sūcerda, etc.), Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement, feces”).

Noun

*skarną n

  1. filth, dung

Inflection

Declension of *skarną (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skarną *skarnō
vocative *skarną *skarnō
accusative *skarną *skarnō
genitive *skarnas, *skarnis *skarnǫ̂
dative *skarnai *skarnamaz
instrumental *skarnō *skarnamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: sċearn
  • Old Frisian: skern
    • West Frisian: skerne, skarne
    • North Frisian: skärn, skern
  • Old Saxon: *skarn
    • Middle Low German: scharn
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: skerning, skerling
      • Middle Low German: schērlinc
  • Old Dutch: *skarn
    • Middle Dutch: scharn
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: *scerninc, *scarninc
      • Middle Dutch: scerlinc, scarlinc
        • Dutch: scheerling
  • Old High German: scarno m
    • ⇒ Old High German: scerning, scerlinc, scerilinc
      • Middle High German: scherlinc, schirlinc
  • Old Norse: skarn
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