Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrikkōn

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown;[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to jump, leap), perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek σκαίρω (skaírō, jump, hop, dance), Welsh cerdded (to walk).[2]

Verb[edit]

*skrikkōn

  1. to jump, skip

Inflection[edit]

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *skrikkōn
1st sg. past *skrikkōdā
Infinitive *skrikkōn
Genitive infin. *skrikkōnijas
Dative infin. *skrikkōnijē
Instrum. infin. *skrikkōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *skrikkō *skrikkōdā
2nd singular *skrikkōs *skrikkōdēs, *skrikkōdōs
3rd singular *skrikkōþ *skrikkōdē, *skrikkōdā
1st plural *skrikkōm *skrikkōdum
2nd plural *skrikkōþ *skrikkōdud
3rd plural *skrikkōnþ *skrikkōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *skrikkō *skrikkōdī
2nd singular *skrikkōs *skrikkōdī
3rd singular *skrikkō *skrikkōdī
1st plural *skrikkōm *skrikkōdīm
2nd plural *skrikkōþ *skrikkōdīd
3rd plural *skrikkōn *skrikkōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *skrikkō
Plural *skrikkōþ
Present Past
Participle *skrikkōndī *skrikkōd

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skrikkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 447-448
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “schrecken”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 653