Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skatt

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skattaz.

Noun

*skatt m

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skatt
Genitive	*skattas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skatt	skattō, skattōs
Accusative	*skatt	*skattā
Genitive	*skattas	*skattō
Dative	*skattē	*skattum
Instrumental	*skattu	*skattum

Derived terms

*skattōn

Descendants

Old English: sċeatt, sċeat, sċætt
- Middle English: schat, sat, schet, scet
  - → Medieval Latin: scata, sceatta
- → English: sceat
Old Frisian: skett, skat, sket, schet
- Saterland Frisian: Skät
- West Frisian: skat
Old Saxon: skat
- Middle Low German: schat
  - German Low German: Schatt
Old Dutch: skat
- Middle Dutch: schat
  - Dutch: schat
    - Afrikaans: skat
  - Limburgish: sjat
Old High German: skaz, scaz
- Middle High German: schaz, schatz
  - German: Schatz (see there for further descendants)
  - Luxembourgish: Schatz
→ Old French: escat

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