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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skertaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsker.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

Probably originally *skerdaną, from Pre-Germanic *skerdʰ-, with the final consonant influenced by the iterative.

Verb

*skertaną

  1. to cut off
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Dutch: scharten (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *skerzan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (to move, sway, swing).

Verb

*skertaną

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Old English: *sċiertan, *sċyrtan
    • Middle English: schurten, schurtten (to amuse or enjoy oneself)
  • Old High German: skerzan

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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