Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skellaną

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 *(s)kel-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, to shout, to sound) with a s-mobile. Cognate with Latvian skaļš (loud; noisy) and Russian скули́ть (skulítʹ, to whine).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskel.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skellaną[1]

  1. to sound, clatter, ring

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skellō *skellaų *skellai ?
2nd singular *skillizi *skellaiz *skell *skellazai *skellaizau
3rd singular *skillidi *skellai *skelladau *skelladai *skellaidau
1st dual *skellōz *skellaiw
2nd dual *skelladiz *skellaidiz *skelladiz
1st plural *skellamaz *skellaim *skellandai *skellaindau
2nd plural *skillid *skellaid *skillid *skellandai *skellaindau
3rd plural *skellandi *skellain *skellandau *skellandai *skellaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skall *skullį̄
2nd singular *skallt *skullīz
3rd singular *skall *skullī
1st dual *skullū *skullīw
2nd dual *skulludiz *skullīdiz
1st plural *skullum *skullīm
2nd plural *skullud *skullīd
3rd plural *skullun *skullīn
present past
participles *skellandz *skullanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skellan
    • Old English: scellan, scillan
    • Old Saxon: *skellan
    • Old Dutch: skellan
    • Old High German: skellan
  • Old Norse: skjalla

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

Further reading

  • Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SKELL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 412-13