Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skuttjan

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

From *skut (a border, a divider) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*skuttjan

  1. to shut, to close off
  2. to enclose
  3. to protect, to shelter

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *skuttjan
1st sg. past *skuttā
Infinitive *skuttjan
Genitive infin. *skuttjannjas
Dative infin. *skuttjannjē
Instrum. infin. *skuttjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *skuttju *skuttā
2nd singular *skutisi *skuttēs, *skuttōs
3rd singular *skutiþi *skuttē, *skuttā
1st plural *skuttjum *skuttum
2nd plural *skutiþ *skuttud
3rd plural *skuttjanþ *skuttun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *skuttjē *skuttī
2nd singular *skuttjēs *skuttī
3rd singular *skuttjē *skuttī
1st plural *skuttjēm *skuttīm
2nd plural *skuttjēþ *skuttīd
3rd plural *skuttjēn *skuttīn
Imperative Present
Singular *skuti
Plural *skutiþ
Present Past
Participle *skuttjandī *skutt

Descendants

  • Old English: sċyttan
    • Middle English: shetten, shutten
  • Old Frisian: sketta
    • Saterland Frisian: skätte
    • West Frisian: skutte (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: *skuttian
  • Old Dutch: *skutten
  • Old High German: *skuzzen, *scuzzen
    • Middle High German: schützen
    • Old High German: firskuzzen, firscuzzen
      • Middle High German: ferschützen, verschützen
        • German: verschützen
    • Old High German: framskuzzen, framscuzzen