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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.
Noun
*skaft m[1]
- shaft
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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*skaft
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| Genitive
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*skaftas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*skaft
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*skaftōs
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| Accusative
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*skaft
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*skaftā
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| Genitive
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*skaftas
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*skaftō
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| Dative
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*skaftē
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*skaftum
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| Instrumental
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*skaftu
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*skaftum
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Descendants
- Old English: sċeaft
- Middle English: schaft, schafte, scheft, shaft, shafte, sheft, sschaft, saft, scaft, scæft (Early Middle English), chafte, schafft, shaffet, shafft (Late Middle English)
- Old Frisian: skeft
- Old Saxon: skaft
- Middle Low German: schacht, scacht
- Dutch Low Saxon: schacht
- German Low German:
- Altmärkisch: Low German: Schecht, Schefft
- Westphalian:
- Dortmunder, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Schacht
- Dortmunder, Westmünsterländisch: Schaft
- Westmünsterländisch: Schach
- Plautdietsch: Scheft, Schajcht
- → Middle High German: schacht
- Old Dutch: scaft
- Old High German: skaft
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216: “PWGmc *skaft”