< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtaz

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

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd-, *(s)kert- (short), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut). Cognate with Latin curtus (shortened, incomplete), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (short).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskur.tɑz/

Adjective

*skurtaz

  1. short
  2. lacking, deficient

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skurt
    • Old English: sċort, sċeort
    • Old Frisian: *skort
    • Old High German: scurt, scurz
      • Middle High German: schurz
        • German: Schurz (nominalized)
  • Old Norse: skortr (nominalized)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.