Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaiþiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *skaiþaną (“to separate”) +‎ *-þiz (“nominal suffix”).[1]

Noun

*skaiþiz f

  1. sheath, covering
  2. something carved out to be concave or hollow

Inflection

Declension of *skaiþiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skaiþiz *skaiþīz
vocative *skaiþi *skaiþīz
accusative *skaiþį *skaiþinz
genitive *skaiþīz *skaiþijǫ̂
dative *skaiþī *skaiþimaz
instrumental *skaiþī *skaiþimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skaiþiju
    • Old English: sċēaþ
    • Old Frisian: skēthe
    • Old Saxon: sceitha
    • Old Dutch: *skētha
    • Old High German: sceida, skaida
  • Old Norse: skeið, skeiði
    • Faroese: skeið
    • Icelandic: skeið
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: skeid, skei
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: skei
    • Old Danish: sketh
    • Old Swedish: skēþ, skedh
    • ⇒ Old West Norse: skeiðir f pl (“sheath”)
    • ⇒ Old West Norse: skeiði (“sheath; swift longship”)
      • Norwegian: skeidi
    • ⇒ Old East Norse: *skeði (“sheath; swift longship”)
      • Old Danish: skede
      • Old Swedish: skedhe
        • Swedish: skede (today replaced by duplicate skida)
      • → Old East Slavic: скедии (skedii, “boat”)
    • → Middle Irish: scáeth (“ship, fleet”)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*skaiþiz ~ *skaiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
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