Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skelfō

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *skelbō, *skelbǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)-p-, from *(s)kelH- (“to cut, split, divide”); compare Latin scalpō (“to scratch, carve”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Orel connects the word to *skelbaną (“to shiver, tremble”),[1] though this is semantically dubious.

Noun

*skelfō f[1]

  1. crag, cliff
  2. flat surface (e.g. floor, deck, shelf, ledge, etc.)

Inflection

Declension of *skelfō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skelfō *skelfôz
vocative *skelfō *skelfôz
accusative *skelfǭ *skelfōz
genitive *skelfōz *skelfǫ̂
dative *skelfōi *skelfōmaz
instrumental *skelfō *skelfōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skelfu f, *skelf m
    • Old English: sċielf m
    • Old Frisian: *skelfe f, *skelf m
      • West Frisian: skelf m or f
    • Old Saxon: *skelfa f, *skelf m or n
      • Middle Low German: schelf n
        • German Low German: Schelf f
    • Old Dutch: *skelfa f, *skelf m
      • Middle Dutch: scelf, scelve m or f
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *skilfijā
  • Old Norse: *skjǫlf, *skjálf
    • Icelandic: skjölf (“craggy ledge”)
    • Norwegian: (in placenames) skjalf, skjelv, skjev
    • Swedish: (in placenames) skälv, skölv, skjalf, skälf, skiälf
    • ⇒ Old Norse: Hliðskjǫlf

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skelƀō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337
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