Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skelhaz

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 forms

  • *skelhwaz, *skelgaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”).

Adjective

*skelhaz[1]

  1. squint-eyed, sloping, awry

Declension

Declension of *skelhaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *skelhaz *skelhō *skelhą, *-at(ō) *skelhai *skelhôz *skelhō
accusative *skelhanǭ *skelhǭ *skelhą, *-at(ō) *skelhanz *skelhōz *skelhō
genitive *skelhas, *skelhis *skelhaizōz *skelhas, *skelhis *skelhaizǫ̂ *skelhaizǫ̂ *skelhaizǫ̂
dative *skelhammai *skelhaizōi *skelhammai *skelhaimaz *skelhaimaz *skelhaimaz
instrumental *skelhanō *skelhaizō *skelhanō *skelhaimiz *skelhaimiz *skelhaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *skelhô *skelhǭ *skelhô *skelhaniz *skelhōniz *skelhōnō
accusative *skelhanų *skelhōnų *skelhô *skelhanunz *skelhōnunz *skelhōnō
genitive *skelhiniz *skelhōniz *skelhiniz *skelhanǫ̂ *skelhōnǫ̂ *skelhanǫ̂
dative *skelhini *skelhōni *skelhini *skelhammaz *skelhōmaz *skelhammaz
instrumental *skelhinē *skelhōnē *skelhinē *skelhammiz *skelhōmiz *skelhammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skelh
    • Old English: sċeolh, sċeol
      • ⇒ Old English: sċeolhēagede, sċylhēagede, sċelgegede
        • Middle English: sculeiȝede
    • Old Saxon: *skelh, *skel
    • Old Dutch: *skelh, *skel
    • Old High German: skelah
      • Middle High German: schelh, schelch, schel, schelwe, schelb
        • German: schelch (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: skjalgr
    • Icelandic: skjálgur
    • → English: askile

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skelha- ~ *skelga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
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