Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skīru

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*skīru f

office, district

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skīru
Genitive	*skīrā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skīru	*skīrō
Accusative	*skīrā	*skīrā
Genitive	*skīrā	*skīrō
Dative	*skīrē	skīrōm, skīrum
Instrumental	*skīru	skīrōm, skīrum

Descendants

Old English: sċīr, sċiir, sċȳr
- Middle English: shire, shiere, chire, ssire, schire, schyre
  - Scots: shire
  - English: shire
    - → Icelandic: skíri
Old High German: skīra, scīra, skiera, sciera

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