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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skundijaną

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)kewt- (to shake, rattle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskun.di.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skundijaną[1]

  1. to drive; speed up; accelerate

Inflection

  • *skundōną

Descendants

  • Old English: sċyndan, sċendan
    • Middle English: shunden, schunten, schounten, shunten
  • Old Saxon: skundian
  • Old Dutch: scunden
  • Old High German: scunten
  • Old Norse: skynda

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skundjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
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