Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skeutaz

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

Derived from *skeutaną (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskeu̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*skeutaz

fast, swift, ready

Inflection

Declension of *skeutaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skeutaz	*skeutai	*skeutō	*skeutôz	*skeutą, -atō	*skeutō
Accusative	*skeutanǭ	*skeutanz	*skeutǭ	*skeutōz	*skeutą, -atō	*skeutō
Genitive	*skeutas, -is	*skeutaizǫ̂	*skeutaizōz	*skeutaizǫ̂	*skeutas, -is	*skeutaizǫ̂
Dative	*skeutammai	*skeutaimaz	*skeutaizōi	*skeutaimaz	*skeutammai	*skeutaimaz
Instrumental	*skeutanō	*skeutaimiz	*skeutaizō	*skeutaimiz	*skeutanō	*skeutaimiz

Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skeutô	*skeutaniz	*skeutǭ	*skeutōniz	*skeutô	*skeutōnō
Accusative	*skeutanų	*skeutanunz	*skeutōnų	*skeutōnunz	*skeutô	*skeutōnō
Genitive	*skeutiniz	*skeutanǫ̂	*skeutōniz	*skeutōnǫ̂	*skeutiniz	*skeutanǫ̂
Dative	*skeutini	*skeutammaz	*skeutōni	*skeutōmaz	*skeutini	*skeutammaz
Instrumental	*skeutinē	*skeutammiz	*skeutōnē	*skeutōmiz	*skeutinē	*skeutammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *skeut
- Old English: sċēot
  - Middle English: shete, sheyte
  - ⇒ Middle English: schete (“quickly, easily”, adverb)
Old Norse: skjótr
- Icelandic: skjótur
- Faroese: skjótur
- Old Swedish: skiūter
- ⇒ Old Norse: skjótt (adverb)
  - Icelandic: skjótt
  - Faroese: skjótt
  - → Middle English: skete

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN