Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skulō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, divide”).

Noun

*skulō f

troop; group

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *skulō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skulō	*skulôz
vocative	*skulō	*skulôz
accusative	*skulǭ	*skulōz
genitive	*skulōz	*skulǫ̂
dative	*skulōi	*skulōmaz
instrumental	*skulō	*skulōmiz

Descendants

Old English: sċolu, sċeolu
- Middle English: *schole
  - Scots: schole
  - English: shoal
Old Frisian: *skole
- West Frisian: skoal
Old Saxon: scola, skola
- Middle Low German: schōle
Frankish: *skola
- Old Dutch: *skola
  - Middle Dutch: schōle
    - Dutch: school
    - → Middle English: scole
      - Scots: scule, scuill, skole
      - English: school
    - → Danish: skole
- → Latin: schola (“troop of soldiers”)

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