Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skalkijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *skalkaz (“servant”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*skalkijaną[1]
- to mock
Inflection
editConjugation of *skalkijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *biskalkijan
- Old High German: *biskelken
- Middle High German: beschelken
- Old High German: *biskelken
- Old Norse: skelkja
- Icelandic: skelkja
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skalkjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333