Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaggiją

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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 edit

Alternative forms edit

*skaggijaz, *skagją, *skaggô

Etymology edit

From *skag- (“to emerge, stick out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”) +‎ *-gją, *-gjô, *-gô.

Noun edit

*skaggiją n

that which protrudes or sticks out
(nautical) stem (of a ship)
Coordinate term: *keluz
(North Germanic) beard
Synonym: *bardaz

Inflection edit

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *skaggiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skaggiją	*skaggijō
vocative	*skaggiją	*skaggijō
accusative	*skaggiją	*skaggijō
genitive	skaggijas, skaggīs	*skaggijǫ̂
dative	*skaggijai	*skaggijamaz
instrumental	*skaggijō	*skaggijamiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *skaggō (< Proto-Germanic *skaggô)
- Old English: sċeacga
  - Middle English: *schagge, *shagge
    - Scots: schage, schaig, schagg
    - English: shag
Old Norse: skegg
- Icelandic: skegg
- Faroese: skegg
- Norwegian: skjegg
- Old Swedish: skæg
  - Swedish: skägg
- Danish: skæg