Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skittōną

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 Pre-Germanic *skidnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative from *skītaną (“to shit, defecate”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skittōną

  1. to shit, defecate

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skitt- against non-singular *skit-.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skittō *skittǭ — *skittōi ?
2nd singular *skittōsi *skittōs *skittō *skittōsai *skittōsau
3rd singular *skittōþi *skittō *skittōþau *skittōþai *skittōþau
1st dual *skittōs *skittōw — — —
2nd dual *skittōþiz *skittōþiz *skittōþiz — —
1st plural *skittōmaz *skittōm — *skittōnþai *skittōnþau
2nd plural *skittōþ *skittōþ *skittōþ *skittōnþai *skittōnþau
3rd plural *skittōnþi *skittōn *skittōnþau *skittōnþai *skittōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skittōdǭ *skittōdēdį̄
2nd singular *skittōdēz *skittōdēdīz
3rd singular *skittōdē *skittōdēdī
1st dual *skittōdēdū *skittōdēdīw
2nd dual *skittōdēdudiz *skittōdēdīdiz
1st plural *skittōdēdum *skittōdēdīm
2nd plural *skittōdēdud *skittōdēdīd
3rd plural *skittōdēdun *skittōdēdīn
present past
participles *skittōndz *skittōdaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: *skitta

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skittōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
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