Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skabbaz

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 *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, carve, shape”). Cognate with Latin scabiēs (“mange”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɑb.bɑz/

Noun

*skabbaz m

scab
scabies, mange

Inflection

Declension of *skabbaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skabbaz	*skabbōz, -ōs
Vocative	*skabb	*skabbōz, -ōs
Accusative	*skabbą	*skabbanz
Genitive	*skabbas, -is	*skabbǫ̂
Dative	*skabbai	*skabbamaz
Instrumental	*skabbō	*skabbamiz

Related terms

*skabaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skabb
- Old English: sċeabb, sċæb, sċeb
  - Middle English: schabbe, scabb, skabbe, scabbe, scab (forms with sc-/sk- due to confluence with Old Norse skabb)
    - English: scab, shab
      - ⇒ English: scabby, shabby
    - Scots: skab, scab
      - ⇒ Scots: scabby, shabby
  - ⇒ Old English: sċeabbed, sċeabbede, sċæbbede
    - Middle English: schabbed, schabbid
- Old Frisian: *skab
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: *skabich
    - Saterland Frisian: skoawich (possibly borrowed)
    - West Frisian: skabbich, skabberich (possibly borrowed)
- Old Saxon: *skabb
  - Old Saxon: schabbe
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: schabbig
      - German Low German: schabbig
  - ⇒ Old Saxon: skavatho?
  - Middle Low German: scheve, schēve?
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: schēvisch, schēvesch?
- Old Dutch: *skabb
  - Middle Dutch: schabbe
    - Dutch: schab
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: *schabbig
      - Dutch: schabbig, schabberig
- Old High German: skaba, scaba
  - Middle High German: schabe
    - German: Schabe
  - ⇒ Old High German: scebedīg, skebedīg
    - Middle High German: schebic
      - German: schäbig
Old Norse: skabb
- Faroese: skabb
- Norwegian: skabb
- Swedish: skabb
  - ⇒ Swedish: skabbig
- Danish: skab