Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skundijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*skundijaną[1]
- to drive; speed up; accelerate
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *skundijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: sċyndan, sċendan
- Old Saxon: skundian
- Old Dutch: scunden
- Old High German: scunten
- Middle High German: schünden
- Old Norse: skynda
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skundjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345