Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skellaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, to shout, to sound”) with a s-mobile. Cognate with Latvian skaļš (“loud; noisy”) and Russian скули́ть (skulítʹ, “to whine”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*skellaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *skellaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
edit- *skallijaną
- *skalliz (“clangor, sound; clattering, ringing”)
- *hlōaną
- *halliz (“resounding”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
Further reading
edit- Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SKELL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 412-13