Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skattaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skattaz

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 *skatn-, *skat- (“to jump, skip, splash out”). Cognate with Latin scateō (“pour out, gush forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑt.tɑz/

Noun

*skattaz m

1. cattle, kine
2. (by extension) owndom, wealth, goods
3. hoard, treasure, money

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *skattaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skattaz	*skattōz, *skattōs
vocative	*skatt	*skattōz, *skattōs
accusative	*skattą	*skattanz
genitive	*skattas, *skattis	*skattǫ̂
dative	*skattai	*skattamaz
instrumental	*skattō	*skattamiz

Descendants

• Old English: sċætt, sċeatt, sċeat
  • → English: sceat
  • Middle English: scet, schet, schat
  • Middle Latin: scata, sceatta
• Old Frisian: skett, skat, sket, schet
  • East Frisian: scet
    • Saterland Frisian: Skät
  • West Frisian: skat
• Old Saxon: skatt, skat, scat
  • Middle Low German schat
    • German Low German: Schatt
• Old Frankish: *skatt
  • Old Dutch: *skatt, skat
    • Middle Dutch: scat, schat
      • Dutch: schat
        • Afrikaans: skat
    • Limburgish: sjat
  • Old French: escat
• Old High German: skaz
  • Middle High German: schaz, schatz
    • German: Schatz
      • Saterland Frisian: Skats, Schats
    • Luxembourgish: Schatz
• Old Norse: skattr
  • Icelandic: skattur
  • Faroese: skattur
  • Norwegian: skatt
  • Old Swedish: skatter
    • Swedish: skatt
  • Danish: skat
  • Middle English: scat, skatte
    • Scots: scatt, skatt, skait
    • English: scat
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 (skatts)
• Old Church Slavonic: скотъ (skotŭ)
  • Russian: скот (skot)