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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skēwijaną

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

Etymology

Probably related to *skehaną (to spring up, emerge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɛː.wi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skēwijaną[1]

  1. to go
  2. to walk

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Norse: skæva
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skēwjan)
  • Proto-Finnic: *käüdäk (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skēwjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445
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