Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skulō

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 *(s)kelH- (“to split, divide”).

Noun

*skulō f

(West Germanic) troop; group

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *skulō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skulō	*skulôz
vocative	*skulō	*skulôz
accusative	*skulǭ	*skulōz
genitive	*skulōz	*skulǫ̂
dative	*skulōi	*skulōmaz
instrumental	*skulō	*skulōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skolu
- Old English: sċolu, sċeolu
  - Middle English: *schole
    - English: shoal
    - Scots: schole
- Old Frisian: *skole
  - North Frisian:
    - Söl'ring: Skuul
    - Fering: skuul
    - Öömrang: skuul
    - Halunder: Skuul
    - Bökingharde: schölj
  - West Frisian: skoal
- Old Saxon: scola, skola
  - Middle Low German: schōle
- Old Dutch: *skola
  - Middle Dutch: schōle
    - Dutch: school
    - → Middle English: scole
      - Scots: scule, scuill, skole
      - English: school
    - → Danish: skole
- → Latin: schola (“troop of soldiers”)

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