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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaibaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skoypós.

Adjective

*skaibaz

  1. slanted, oblique, inclined, sloping

Inflection


Alternative reconstructions

  • *skaifaz, *skēfaz, *skēifaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skaib, *skaif
    • Old English: *sċāb, *sċāf
    • Old Frisian: *skēf
      • North Frisian: skiaf
      • Saterland Frisian: skeeuw
      • West Frisian: skeef
    • Old Saxon: skēf
      • Middle Low German: schêf
    • Old Dutch: *skēf
    • >? Old High German: *skeib, *skeif
      • Middle High German: *scheip, *scheif
        • German: scheif, scheib (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: skeifr
    • Icelandic: skeifur
    • Faroese: skeivur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: skeiv; (dialectal) skeiv'u, skeiv'e
      • Norwegian Bokmål: skeiv
    • Old Swedish: skēver
    • Gutnish: skaiv
    • Old Danish: skev
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