Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably originally *skerdaną, from Pre-Germanic *skerdʰ-, with the final consonant influenced by the iterative. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see the derivative *skurtaz (“short”).[1]
Verb edit
*skertaną
- to cut off
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *skertaną (strong class 3)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing”).
Verb edit
*skertaną
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
References edit
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47