Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skatt

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skattaz.

Noun

*skatt m

  1. treasure
  2. money

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *skatt(a)
Genitive *skattas
Singular Plural
Nominative *skatt(a) *skattōs
Accusative *skatt(a) *skattā
Genitive *skattas *skattō
Dative *skattē *skattum
Instrumental *skattu *skattum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: sċeatt, sċeat, sċætt
    • Middle English: schat, sat, schet, scet
      • → Medieval Latin: scata, sceatta
    • → English: sceat
  • Old Frisian: skett, skat, sket, schet
  • Old Saxon: skat, skatt, scat
  • Old Dutch: skat
  • Old High German: skaz, scaz
    • Middle High German: schaz, schatz
      • German: Schatz (see there for further descendants)
      • Luxembourgish: Schatz
      • Yiddish: שאַץ (shats), שאַצעלע (shatsele)
  • → Old French: escat
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