Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skuldru

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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Unknown; perhaps related to *skeldu (shield), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (to split).

Noun

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*skuldru m[1]

  1. shoulder
    Synonym: *ahslu, *bōgu

Declension

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ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *skuldru
Genitive *skoldrā
Singular Plural
Nominative *skuldru *skoldrō
Accusative *skoldrā *skoldrā
Genitive *skoldrā *skoldrō
Dative *skuldrē *skoldrōm, *skuldrum
Instrumental *skuldru *skoldrōm, *skuldrum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:*skuldru ‘shoulder’