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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skeldaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *skeldʰ-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, to shout, to sound) with a s-mobile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskel.dɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skeldaną[1]

  1. to scold

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *skaldą

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: skelda
  • Old Saxon: *skeldan (attested in skeldāri)
  • Old Dutch: skeldan
  • Old High German: skeltan

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skeldan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
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