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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtāną

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 *skurtaz (“short, lacking”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*skurtāną[1]

  1. to be short
  2. to lack

Inflection
Conjugation of *skurtāną (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skurtō ?— ? ?
2nd singular *skurtaisi ?*skurtai*skurtāsai ?
3rd singular *skurtaiþi ?*skurtāþau*skurtāþai ?
1st dual *skurtōs ?———
2nd dual *skurtāþiz ?*skurtāþiz——
1st plural *skurtāmaz ?—*skurtānþai ?
2nd plural *skurtaiþ ?*skurtaiþ*skurtānþai ?
3rd plural *skurtānþi ?*skurtānþau*skurtānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skurtadǭ*skurtadēdį̄
2nd singular *skurtadēz*skurtadēdīz
3rd singular *skurtadē*skurtadēdī
1st dual *skurtadēdū*skurtadēdīw
2nd dual *skurtadēdudiz*skurtadēdīdiz
1st plural *skurtadēdum*skurtadēdīm
2nd plural *skurtadēdud*skurtadēdīd
3rd plural *skurtadēdun*skurtadēdīn
present past
participles *skurtāndz*skurtadaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *skurtēn
    • Old English: scortian
    • Old Frisian: skorta
    • Old Saxon: *skortōn
    • Old Dutch: *skurton
  • Old Norse: skorta

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skurtēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 346
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