Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaiþiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *skey- (“to split”).

Noun

*skaiþiz f

sheath, covering

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *skaiþiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skaiþiz	*skaiþīz
vocative	*skaiþi	*skaiþīz
accusative	*skaiþį	*skaiþinz
genitive	*skaiþīz	*skaiþijǫ̂
dative	*skaiþī	*skaiþimaz
instrumental	*skaiþī	*skaiþimiz

Descendants

Old English: sċeaþ, sċēaþ
- Middle English: shethe, sheth, schethe, scheth
  - English: sheath, sheathe
Old Frisian: skethe
Old Saxon: sceitha
- Low German: scheed
Old Dutch: *skeitha
- Dutch: schede
Old High German: sceida, skaida
- German: Scheide
- Hunsrik: Scheed
- Luxembourgish: Scheed
Old Norse: skeið
- Icelandic: skeið
- Faroese: skeið
- Norwegian: skjede
- Old Swedish: skēþ
  - Swedish: sked
- Danish: skede
→ Finnish: keidas