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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skautô

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 *skautaz (“corner; wedge”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑu̯.tɔːː/

Noun

*skautô m[1]

  1. an object with a square shape

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *skautô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skautô *skautaniz
vocative *skautô *skautaniz
accusative *skautanų *skautanunz
genitive *skautiniz *skautanǫ̂
dative *skautini *skautammaz
instrumental *skautinē *skautammiz

Descendants
  • Old English: sċēata (“corner, angle, cloth”)
  • Old Saxon: *skota
    • Middle Low German: shote (“pot”)
  • Old High German: *scōza
    • Middle High German: schōze (“fold, apron”)
  • Old Norse: skauti (“kerchief, a square piece of wood”)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skautōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 337
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