Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtaz

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

Deverbal from *skertaną (“to cut (off), shorten^?”) or the iterative *skurttōną (compare *skurtōną, possibly continuing it), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (“to cut up”), assuming the Germanic *-t- was originally *-tt- as in the iterative (from *(s)kr̥dʰ-n-éh₂-).^[1] Compare also Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (“short”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskur.tɑz/

Adjective

*skurtaz

short
lacking, deficient

Inflection

Declension of *skurtaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*skurtaz	*skurtō	*skurtą, -atō	*skurtai	*skurtôz	*skurtō
accusative	*skurtanǭ	*skurtǭ	*skurtą, -atō	*skurtanz	*skurtōz	*skurtō
genitive	*skurtas, -is	*skurtaizōz	*skurtas, -is	*skurtaizǫ̂	*skurtaizǫ̂	*skurtaizǫ̂
dative	*skurtammai	*skurtaizōi	*skurtammai	*skurtaimaz	*skurtaimaz	*skurtaimaz
instrumental	*skurtanō	*skurtaizō	*skurtanō	*skurtaimiz	*skurtaimiz	*skurtaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*skurtô	*skurtǭ	*skurtô	*skurtaniz	*skurtōniz	*skurtōnō
accusative	*skurtanų	*skurtōnų	*skurtô	*skurtanunz	*skurtōnunz	*skurtōnō
genitive	*skurtiniz	*skurtōniz	*skurtiniz	*skurtanǫ̂	*skurtōnǫ̂	*skurtanǫ̂
dative	*skurtini	*skurtōni	*skurtini	*skurtammaz	*skurtōmaz	*skurtammaz
instrumental	*skurtinē	*skurtōnē	*skurtinē	*skurtammiz	*skurtōmiz	*skurtammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skurt
- Old English: sċort, sċeort
  - Middle English: schort
    - English: short
      - → French: short
        → Vietnamese: soóc
    - Scots: schort, short
- Old Frisian: *skort
- Old High German: scurt, scurz
  - Middle High German: schurz
    - ⇒ German: Schurz (nominalized)
⇒ Old Norse: skortr (nominalized)
- Icelandic: skortur
- Faroese: skortur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skort
- Norwegian Bokmål: skort
- → Danish: skort (borrowed through Norwegian)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skertan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444: “*skurta-”

[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: “*skurta-”

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