Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skāk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps related to *skakan (“to shake”).[1]

Noun

*skāk m

  1. robbery
  2. abduction

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *skāk
Genitive *skākas
Singular Plural
Nominative *skāk *skākō, *skākōs
Accusative *skāk *skākā
Genitive *skākas *skākō
Dative *skākē *skākum
Instrumental *skāku *skākum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *skāk
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: skākdēd, skākdēde
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: skākrâf
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: skākrâvere
  • Old Saxon: *skāk
  • Old Dutch: *scāc
  • Old High German: skāh, scah
    • Middle High German: schāch
  • → Medieval Latin: scacchum, scachum
    • Old French: eschec, eschiec (“booty, spoils”)
      • Middle French: eschec, eschiec
      • ⇒ Old French: eschiequer, eschecer, escheker, eschieker
        • → Middle English: skekken, skiken
    • ⇒ Latin: scachator

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “(s)kek-, skeg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 556
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