Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skip
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *skipą.
Noun edit
*skip n
- ship
- (Elbe Germanic) any hollow or concave manmade object
- (Elbe Germanic) vessel, tub
Inflection edit
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *skip | |
| Genitive | *skipas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *skip | *skipu |
| Accusative | *skip | *skipu |
| Genitive | *skipas | *skipō |
| Dative | *skipē | *skipum |
| Instrumental | *skipu | *skipum |
Reconstruction notes edit
The more general sense of hollowed-out objects is possibly inherited from pre-Germanic and a relic from before the meaning narrowed to “ship”, as this is a common semantic shift among many languages and would furthermore fit the etymology (whether it is Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, carve”) or Latin scyphus (“cup, vessel”)).