Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skurtēn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skurtāną. Equivalent to *skurt (“short, lacking”) + *-ēn.
Verb
*skurtēn
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *skurtēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *skurt?dā | |
| Infinitive | *skurtēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *skurtēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *skurtēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *skurtēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skurtē | *skurt?dā |
| 2nd singular | *skurtēs | *skurt?dēs, *skurt?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *skurtēþ | *skurt?dē, *skurt?dā |
| 1st plural | *skurtēm | *skurt?dum |
| 2nd plural | *skurtēþ | *skurt?dud |
| 3rd plural | *skurtēnþ | *skurt?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skurtē | *skurt?dī |
| 2nd singular | *skurtēs | *skurt?dī |
| 3rd singular | *skurtē | *skurt?dī |
| 1st plural | *skurtēm | *skurt?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *skurtēþ | *skurt?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *skurtēn | *skurt?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *skurtē | |
| Plural | *skurtēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *skurtēndī | *skurt?d |
Related terms
- *skurtōn
- *skurtijan
Descendants
- Old English: sċortian, sċeortian (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *skurtōn)
- Old Saxon: *skortōn
- Middle Low German: schorten, schörten (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *skurtijan and *skurtōn)
- German Low German: schörten, schörtjen
- Middle Low German: schorten, schörten (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *skurtijan and *skurtōn)
- Old Dutch: *scorton