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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtāną

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 *skurtaz (short, lacking) + *-āną.

Verb

*skurtāną[1]

  1. to be short
  2. to lack

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skurtēn
    • Old English: scortian
    • Old Frisian: skorta
    • Old Saxon: *skortōn
    • Old Dutch: *skurton
  • Old Norse: skorta

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skurtēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 346
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