Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsker.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

Perhaps originally **skerdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ-, whence also Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“cut-up, damaged”), with the root-final consonant influenced by the iterative counterpart *skurt(t)ōną.[1] Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see the derivative *skurtaz (“short”).[2]

Verb

*skertaną

  1. to cut off
Inflection
Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skertō *skertaų — *skertai ?
2nd singular *skirtizi *skertaiz *skert *skertazai *skertaizau
3rd singular *skirtidi *skertai *skertadau *skertadai *skertaidau
1st dual *skertōz *skertaiw — — —
2nd dual *skertadiz *skertaidiz *skertadiz — —
1st plural *skertamaz *skertaim — *skertandai *skertaindau
2nd plural *skirtid *skertaid *skirtid *skertandai *skertaindau
3rd plural *skertandi *skertain *skertandau *skertandai *skertaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skart *skurtį̄
2nd singular *skarst *skurtīz
3rd singular *skart *skurtī
1st dual *skurtū *skurtīw
2nd dual *skurtudiz *skurtīdiz
1st plural *skurtum *skurtīm
2nd plural *skurtud *skurtīd
3rd plural *skurtun *skurtīn
present past
participles *skertandz *skurtanaz
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Dutch: scharten (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *skerzan

Etymology 2

Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing”), and related to Sanskrit कूर्दति (kūrdati, “to spring”), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing”).[3]

Verb

*skertaną

  1. to leap, jump, spring
  2. to jest, joke
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skertan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skartan ~ *skartaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*skertanan”
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