Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skardijaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *skardaz (cut up, damaged) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ˈskɑr.ði.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*skardijaną[1][2]

  1. to cut, chop
  2. to diminish, impair

Inflection[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skardijan
    • Old English: sċierdan
    • >? Old Dutch: *skerden
      • >? Middle Dutch: scherden (meaning 'to decide')
    • Old High German: skerten
  • Old Norse: skerða
  • Proto-Finnic: *karcidak (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skarda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440:*skardjan-
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skardjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335