Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsker.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

    Perhaps originally **skerdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skerdʰ-, whence also Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“cut-up, damaged”), with the root-final consonant influenced by the iterative counterpart *skurt(t)ōną.[1] Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see the derivative *skurtaz (“short”).[2]

    Verb

    *skertaną

    1. to cut off
    Inflection
    Conjugation of *skertaną (strong class 3)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *skertō *skertaų — *skertai ?
    2nd singular *skirtizi *skertaiz *skert *skertazai *skertaizau
    3rd singular *skirtidi *skertai *skertadau *skertadai *skertaidau
    1st dual *skertōz *skertaiw — — —
    2nd dual *skertadiz *skertaidiz *skertadiz — —
    1st plural *skertamaz *skertaim — *skertandai *skertaindau
    2nd plural *skirtid *skertaid *skirtid *skertandai *skertaindau
    3rd plural *skertandi *skertain *skertandau *skertandai *skertaindau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *skart *skurtį̄
    2nd singular *skarst *skurtīz
    3rd singular *skart *skurtī
    1st dual *skurtū *skurtīw
    2nd dual *skurtudiz *skurtīdiz
    1st plural *skurtum *skurtīm
    2nd plural *skurtud *skurtīd
    3rd plural *skurtun *skurtīn
    present past
    participles *skertandz *skurtanaz
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Dutch: scharten (dialectal)
    • Old High German: *skërzan

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing”), and related to Sanskrit कूर्दति (kūrdati, “to spring”), Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, “to swing”).[3]

    Verb

    *skertaną

    1. to leap, jump, spring
    2. to jest, joke
    Inflection

    This verb needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*skertan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
    2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
    3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*skartan ~ *skartaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*skertanan”
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