Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skeraną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to shear
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *skeraną (strong class 4)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *skeran
- Old Norse: skera
- Gothic: *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*skairan)
- → Proto-Finnic: *kerit'äk (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skeran- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 443
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skeranan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SKER-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 413