Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skuppōną

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): /ˈskup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Pre-Germanic *skubʰnéh₂-, an iterative formation to *skeubaną (to shove). Particularly close in formation to Lithuanian skùbinti (to rush, hurry).[1]

Verb

*skuppōną

  1. to shove, push, swing
Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skupp- against non-singular *skub-.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skuppō *skuppǭ *skuppōi ?
2nd singular *skuppōsi *skuppōs *skuppō *skuppōsai *skuppōsau
3rd singular *skuppōþi *skuppō *skuppōþau *skuppōþai *skuppōþau
1st dual *skuppōs *skuppōw
2nd dual *skuppōþiz *skuppōþiz *skuppōþiz
1st plural *skuppōmaz *skuppōm *skuppōnþai *skuppōnþau
2nd plural *skuppōþ *skuppōþ *skuppōþ *skuppōnþai *skuppōnþau
3rd plural *skuppōnþi *skuppōn *skuppōnþau *skuppōnþai *skuppōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skuppōdǭ *skuppōdēdį̄
2nd singular *skuppōdēz *skuppōdēdīz
3rd singular *skuppōdē *skuppōdēdī
1st dual *skuppōdēdū *skuppōdēdīw
2nd dual *skuppōdēdudiz *skuppōdēdīdiz
1st plural *skuppōdēdum *skuppōdēdīm
2nd plural *skuppōdēdud *skuppōdēdīd
3rd plural *skuppōdēdun *skuppōdēdīn
present past
participles *skuppōndz *skuppōdaz
Descendants
  • Middle Low German: schuppen
  • Middle Dutch: scuppen, *scoppen
  • Middle High German: schopfen, schupfen, schüpfen; (northern) schoppen, schuppen
  • Old Norse: *skopa

Etymology 2

Considered by Kroonen to be a secondary zero-grade iterative to a Proto-Indo-European *skep- (to mock), and not equivalent to the "shove" sense of Etymology 1. Probably related to Ancient Greek σκώπτω (skṓptō, to mock).[2]

Verb

*skuppōną

  1. to mock, scoff
Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skupp- against non-singular *skub-.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skuppō *skuppǭ *skuppōi ?
2nd singular *skuppōsi *skuppōs *skuppō *skuppōsai *skuppōsau
3rd singular *skuppōþi *skuppō *skuppōþau *skuppōþai *skuppōþau
1st dual *skuppōs *skuppōw
2nd dual *skuppōþiz *skuppōþiz *skuppōþiz
1st plural *skuppōmaz *skuppōm *skuppōnþai *skuppōnþau
2nd plural *skuppōþ *skuppōþ *skuppōþ *skuppōnþai *skuppōnþau
3rd plural *skuppōnþi *skuppōn *skuppōnþau *skuppōnþai *skuppōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skuppōdǭ *skuppōdēdį̄
2nd singular *skuppōdēz *skuppōdēdīz
3rd singular *skuppōdē *skuppōdēdī
1st dual *skuppōdēdū *skuppōdēdīw
2nd dual *skuppōdēdudiz *skuppōdēdīdiz
1st plural *skuppōdēdum *skuppōdēdīm
2nd plural *skuppōdēdud *skuppōdēdīd
3rd plural *skuppōdēdun *skuppōdēdīn
present past
participles *skuppōndz *skuppōdaz
  • *skaupą
  • *skupą/*skufą
  • *skupaz/*skuppaz
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skupp/bōn- 1 w.v. 'to shove'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skupp/bōn- 2 w.v. 'to mock'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 450-1