Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skutъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Typically viewed as a loanword from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “fringe”), from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner, wedge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to shoot”). Could alternatively be of Balto-Slavic origin, akin to Lithuanian skiáutis (“piece of fabric”), skùtas (“fragment”).

Compare also Albanian skutë (“apron”), Greek σκουτί (skoutí), Romanian scutec (“nappy”), which could be loanwords from Slavic or could reflect Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “skin, hide”) (possibly via Latin scutica). The later is probably cognate with Proto-Slavic *kǫtati (“to conceal”) (with nasal infix).

Noun

skũtъ m

1. edge, hem, train (of a cloth)
   1. ribbon, apron
   2. piece of cloth
2. (South Slavic) lap

Declension

Declension of *skũtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skũtъ	*skūtà	*skūtì
genitive	*skūtà	*skūtù	*skũtъ
dative	*skūtù	*skūtòma	*skūtòmъ
accusative	*skũtъ	*skūtà	*skūtỳ
instrumental	*skūtъ̀mь, *skūtòmь*	*skūtòma	*skũty
locative	*skūtě̀	*skūtù	*skũtěxъ
vocative	*skute	*skūtà	*skūtì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *skutьnъ (adjective)
  • *skutьnikъ, *skutьnica (“apron, waistband”)
  • *skutina (“piece of cloth, ribbon”)
• *skutačь (“band, apron”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: скꙋтъ (skutŭ, “piece of cloth”)
    • Russian: ску́ты pl (skúty)
    • Ukrainian: скут (skut) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: скоутъ (skutŭ) (Serbian recension)
  • Bulgarian: скут (skut, “lap, skirt”)
  • Macedonian: скут (skut, “lap”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ску̑т

    Latin script: skȗt

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “скут”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скут”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 812