Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skattaz

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

Of uncertain origin; numerous unconvincing proposals have been suggested.[1] Kroonen rejects the traditional derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *skatn-, *skat- (“to jump, skip, splash out”), via which Latin scateō (“pour out, gush forth”) was linked, and leaves the origin open, with quasi-Indo-European form *skh₁dʰ-nó-s, based on a presumed relation to Proto-Germanic *skēdaną (whence Westphalian Low German schåen (“to yield”) < *skéh₁dʰ-e-).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɑt.tɑz/

Noun

*skattaz m[2]

  1. cattle, cows
  2. (by extension) owndom, wealth, goods
  3. hoard, treasure, money

Inflection

Declension of *skattaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skattaz *skattōz, *skattōs
vocative *skatt *skattōz, *skattōs
accusative *skattą *skattanz
genitive *skattas, *skattis *skattǫ̂
dative *skattai *skattamaz
instrumental *skattō *skattamiz

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skattaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skatta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
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