Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skapą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Noun

*skapą

shape

Declension

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skapą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skapą	*skapō
vocative	*skapą	*skapō
accusative	*skapą	*skapō
genitive	skapas, skapis	*skapǫ̂
dative	*skapai	*skapamaz
instrumental	*skapō	*skapamiz

Related terms

*skapjaną

Descendants

Old English: sceap, ġesceap
- Middle English: shap, schape
  - English: shape
Old Dutch: *skap
- Middle Dutch: schap
  - Dutch: schap
Old High German: scaph
- Middle High German: schaf
  - German: Schaff
- ⇒ Middle High German: geschaf
Old Frisian: skep
Old Saxon: skap
- Middle Low German: schap
  - → Late Old Norse: skáp
    - Icelandic: skápur
    - Faroese: skáp
  - → Old Danish: skap, skaap
    - Danish: skab
  - → Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: skap
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: skap, skåp
  - → Old Swedish: skap
    - Swedish: skåp
Old Norse: skap
- Icelandic: skap
- Westrobothnian: skäp

Unsorted formations:

Lombard: skafa (most probably)
- Italian: scaffale