Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skiljaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“cut, separate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskil.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skiljaną

1. to cut
2. to split, divide
3. to separate, distinguish

Inflection

Conjugation of *skiljaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skiljō	*skiljaų	—	*skiljai	?
2nd singular	*skilisi	*skiljais	*skili	*skiljasai	*skiljaisau
3rd singular	*skiliþi	*skiljai	*skiljaþau	*skiljaþai	*skiljaiþau
1st dual	*skiljōs	*skiljaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skiljaþiz	*skiljaiþiz	*skiljaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*skiljamaz	*skiljaim	—	*skiljanþai	*skiljainþau
2nd plural	*skiliþ	*skiljaiþ	*skiliþ	*skiljanþai	*skiljainþau
3rd plural	*skiljanþi	*skiljain	*skiljanþau	*skiljanþai	*skiljainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skilidǭ	*skilidēdį̄
2nd singular	*skilidēz	*skilidēdīz
3rd singular	*skilidē	*skilidēdī
1st dual	*skilidēdū	*skilidēdīw
2nd dual	*skilidēdudiz	*skilidēdīdiz
1st plural	*skilidēdum	*skilidēdīm
2nd plural	*skilidēdud	*skilidēdīd
3rd plural	*skilidēdun	*skilidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*skiljandz	*skilidaz

Derived terms

• >? *skiljô
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skilja) (see below)

Descendants

• Old English: sċiellan
  • ⇒ Old English: āsċiellan, āsċilian
• Old Frisian: skilla (“to fight”)
• Old Dutch: skillen
  • Middle Dutch: schillen
    • Dutch: schillen, schelen
• Old Norse: skilja
  • → Old English: scielian (partially)
    • Middle English: skillen
      • English: skill
      • Scots: skylle, skill
  • Icelandic: skilja
  • Faroese: skilja
  • Old Swedish: skilia
    • Swedish: skilja
  • Old Danish: skilia
    • Danish: skille
  • Elfdalian: stjila
• Gothic: *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skiljan) (possibly)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 (skilja)