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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skelh

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-Germanic *skelhaz.

Adjective

*skelh[1]

  1. slanted, crooked
  2. squinting

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *skelh
Genitive *skelhas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *skelh *skelhu *skelh
Accusative *skelhanā *skelhā *skelh
Genitive *skelhas *skelheʀā *skelhas
Dative *skelhumē *skelheʀē *skelhumē
Instrumental *skelhu *skelheʀu *skelhu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *skelhē *skelhō *skelhu
Accusative *skelhā *skelhā *skelhu
Genitive *skelheʀō *skelheʀō *skelheʀō
Dative *skelhēm, *skelhum *skelhēm, *skelhum *skelhēm, *skelhum
Instrumental *skelhēm, *skelhum *skelhēm, *skelhum *skelhēm, *skelhum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: sċeolh, sċeol
    • ⇒ Old English: sċeolhēagede, sċylhēagede, sċelgegede
      • Middle English: sculeiȝede
  • Old Saxon: *skelh, *skel
  • Old Dutch: *skelh, *skel
  • Old High German: skelah
    • Middle High German: schelh, schelch, schel, schelwe, schelb
      • German: schelch (obsolete)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205: “PWGmc *skelh”
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