Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skipamann-

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 *skipą +‎ *mann-.

Noun

*skipamann- m[1]

sailor

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *skipamann- (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	skipamann-, skipamanô, *skipamannô	*skipamanniz
vocative	*skipamann	*skipamanniz
accusative	*skipamannų	*skipamannunz
genitive	*skipamanniz	*skipamannǫ̂
dative	*skipamanni	*skipamannumaz
instrumental	*skipamannē	*skipamannumiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skipamann
- Old English: sċipmann
  - Middle English: schipman, chipman, schip man, schippeman, schypmanne, shipman, shipmon, shippeman, shippman, shypman, ssipman, szipman; scipmon, sipman
    - English: shipman
    - Middle Scots: schipman
- Old Frisian: skipmann, skipmonn
  - North Frisian: scipman
  - Saterland Frisian: scipman
- Old Saxon: *skipman
  - Middle Low German: schipman
- Old High German: scifman
  - Middle High German: schifman
    - German: Schiffmann
Old Norse: skipmaðr
- Icelandic: skipmaður, skipamaður

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skipa-mannz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340

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[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skipa-mannz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340