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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skautaz

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”), whence *skeutaną (“to shoot”); cognate with Proto-Slavic *kỳdati (“to fling”), Sanskrit चोदति (códati, “to impel”). The semantic development would be “to shoot out” > “to jut out” > “projection, edge”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑu̯.tɑz/

Noun

*skautaz m

  1. corner; wedge, protrusion
  2. the corner of a piece of cloth or garment: lap, flap, fold
    1. (by extension) lap
      1. (by extension) womb
  3. sheet
    Synonym: *seglą (“sheet”)
  4. (nautical) a line from the foot of a sail
    Coordinate term: *seglą (“sail”)

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *skautaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skautaz *skautōz, *skautōs
vocative *skaut *skautōz, *skautōs
accusative *skautą *skautanz
genitive *skautas, *skautis *skautǫ̂
dative *skautai *skautamaz
instrumental *skautō *skautamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skauta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
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