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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skehaną

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *skek- (to move quickly, jump). The derived sense of "to happen" appears to have developed at an early stage. Cognate with Old Irish scuichid (to move, start, go), Welsh ysgogi (to move, stir, tremble), Proto-Slavic *skočìti (to jump, leap).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*skehaną

  1. (West Germanic) to jump; spring up
  2. (West Germanic) to emerge; come up; happen

Inflection

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Conjugation of *skehaną (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skehō *skehaų *skehai ?
2nd singular *skihizi *skehaiz *skeh *skehazai *skehaizau
3rd singular *skihidi *skehai *skehadau *skehadai *skehaidau
1st dual *skehōz *skehaiw
2nd dual *skehadiz *skehaidiz *skehadiz
1st plural *skehamaz *skehaim *skehandai *skehaindau
2nd plural *skihid *skehaid *skihid *skehandai *skehaindau
3rd plural *skehandi *skehain *skehandau *skehandai *skehaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skah *skēhį̄
2nd singular *skaht *skēhīz
3rd singular *skah *skēhī
1st dual *skēhū *skēhīw
2nd dual *skēhudiz *skēhīdiz
1st plural *skēhum *skēhīm
2nd plural *skēhud *skēhīd
3rd plural *skēhun *skēhīn
present past
participles *skehandz *skehanaz
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skehan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442