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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”).
Noun
*skūm m
- froth, foam
Declension
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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*skūm
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| Genitive
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*skūmas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*skūm
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*skūmō, *skūmōs
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| Accusative
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*skūm
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*skūmā
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| Genitive
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*skūmas
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*skūmō
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| Dative
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*skūmē
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*skūmum
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| Instrumental
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*skūmu
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*skūmum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old Frisian: *skūm
- Saterland Frisian: Skuum, Schuum
- West Frisian: skûm, skom
- Old Saxon: *skūm
- Old Dutch: *scūm
- Middle Dutch: schuum
- Dutch: schuim
- → Middle English: scome, scume (partially from Old French escume)
- Old High German: skūm, scūm
- Middle High German: schūm
- → Vulgar Latin: *scūma
- Old French: escume
- Medieval Latin: scuma, schuma (see there for further descendants)