Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skaþag

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 *skaþō +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*skaþag

1. harmful

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*skaþag
Genitive	*skaþagas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*skaþag	*skaþagu	*skaþag
Accusative	*skaþaganā	*skaþagā	*skaþag
Genitive	*skaþagas	*skaþageʀā	*skaþagas
Dative	*skaþagumē	*skaþageʀē	*skaþagumē
Instrumental	*skaþagu	*skaþageʀu	*skaþagu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*skaþagē	*skaþagō	*skaþagu
Accusative	*skaþagā	*skaþagā	*skaþagu
Genitive	*skaþageʀō	*skaþageʀō	*skaþageʀō
Dative	*skaþagēm, *skaþagum	*skaþagēm, *skaþagum	*skaþagēm, *skaþagum
Instrumental	*skaþagēm, *skaþagum	*skaþagēm, *skaþagum	*skaþagēm, *skaþagum

Derived terms

• *skaþagōn

Related terms

• *skaþalīk
• *skaþþīg

Descendants

Some of the descendants were conflated with the descendants of Proto-West Germanic *skaþþīg.

• Old English: sċeaþiġ, sċeaðiġ
  • Middle English: *scathy, *schathy
    • English: scathy
• Old Saxon: *skathag
  • Middle Low German: *schādich, *schēdich
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: schēdichlīk, schēdilīk
• Old Dutch: *skathag
  • Middle Dutch: *scadich, *schadich
    • Dutch: schadig
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: scadigheit
      • Dutch: schadigheid
• Old High German: *skadag
  • Middle High German: schadec, schedec, schadic
    • German: schädig