Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skōgô

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

Unknown. Compare *skagją (“beard”).

Noun

*skōgô ~ skakkaz m

1. thicket, small wood

   Synonyms: *furhiþą, *furhō, *walþuz, *widuz

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skagō
  • Old English: sċeaga
    • Middle English: schawe, shawe, shaghe, schaghe, schaȝe
      • English: shaw
  • Old High German: scahho (< variant *skaggō or *skag-jō)
    • Old High German: schache
      • German: Schachen
• Old Norse: skógr
  • Icelandic: skógur
  • Faroese: skógvur, skógur
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: skog, skau

    Norwegian Nynorsk: skog

  • Old Swedish: skōgher
    • Swedish: skog
  • Old Danish: skogh
    • Danish: skov
  •  Old Gutnish: skogr
  • → Middle English: scogh, scough
    • English: scaw (dialectal)