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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skalkaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cleave, split, separate, part, divide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskɑl.kɑz/
Noun
*skalkaz m
- servant; knight
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *skalkaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *skalkaz | *skalkōz, *skalkōs | |
| vocative | *skalk | *skalkōz, *skalkōs | |
| accusative | *skalką | *skalkanz | |
| genitive | *skalkas, *skalkis | *skalkǫ̂ | |
| dative | *skalkai | *skalkamaz | |
| instrumental | *skalkō | *skalkamiz | |
Descendants
- Old English: sċealc
- Middle English: schalk
- Scots: schalk, schak, schaik
- English: shalk
- Middle English: schalk
- Old Frisian: skalk
- West Frisian: (ontschalken)
- Old Saxon: skalk
- Middle Low German: schalk (in compounds: erseschalk, marschalk, etc.)
- Old Frankish: *skalk
- Old Dutch: skalk
- Middle Dutch: scalc
- Dutch: schalk (also in maarschalk)
- Middle Dutch: scalc
- Vulgar Latin: scalcus (in compounds)
- Middle Latin: scalcius, scalciatus
- Old French: escalque
- Italian: scalco
- Old Dutch: skalk
- Old High German: scalc, scalch, skalk
- Middle High German: schalc
- German: Schalk
- Luxembourgish: Schallek
- Italian: → scalco (from Lombardic)
- Middle High German: schalc
- Old Norse: skalkr, skálkr
- Icelandic: skálkur
- Faroese: skálkur
- Norwegian: skalk
- Old Swedish: skalker
- Swedish: skalk
- Danish: skalk
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks)