Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skagją
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editUncertain; possibly from *skōgô (“brush, thicket”) + *-ją.[1]
Noun
edit*skagją n
Inflection
editneuter ja-stemDeclension of *skagją (neuter ja-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *skagją | *skagjō | |
vocative | *skagją | *skagjō | |
accusative | *skagją | *skagjō | |
genitive | *skagjas, *skagis | *skagjǫ̂ | |
dative | *skagjai | *skagjamaz | |
instrumental | *skagjō | *skagjamiz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *skaggī
- Old Norse: skegg
- → Proto-Samic: *skāvčā (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skaʒ(j)an”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 331