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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skellaną

 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

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, to shout, to sound”) with a s-mobile. Cognate with Latvian skaļš (“loud; noisy”) and Russian скули́ть (skulítʹ, “to whine”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*skellaną[1]

  1. to sound, clatter, ring

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *skellaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skellō *skellaų — *skellai ?
2nd singular *skillizi *skellaiz *skell *skellazai *skellaizau
3rd singular *skillidi *skellai *skelladau *skelladai *skellaidau
1st dual *skellōz *skellaiw — — —
2nd dual *skelladiz *skellaidiz *skelladiz — —
1st plural *skellamaz *skellaim — *skellandai *skellaindau
2nd plural *skillid *skellaid *skillid *skellandai *skellaindau
3rd plural *skellandi *skellain *skellandau *skellandai *skellaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skall *skullį̄
2nd singular *skallt *skullīz
3rd singular *skall *skullī
1st dual *skullū *skullīw
2nd dual *skulludiz *skullīdiz
1st plural *skullum *skullīm
2nd plural *skullud *skullīd
3rd plural *skullun *skullīn
present past
participles *skellandz *skullanaz

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

Further reading edit

  • Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SKELL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 412-13
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