Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skirmiz

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 *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Latin corium (“skin, hide”), Old Prussian kērmans (“body, skin”), Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman, “hide, flayed skin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskir.miz/

Noun

*skirmiz m

fur, hide, pelt
covering, shelter, screen

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *skirmiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skirmiz	*skirmīz
vocative	*skirmi	*skirmīz
accusative	*skirmį	*skirminz
genitive	*skirmīz	*skirmijǫ̂
dative	*skirmī	*skirmimaz
instrumental	*skirmī	*skirmimiz

Derived terms

*skirmijaną

Descendants

Old Saxon: *skirm, *skerm
- Middle Low German: scherm, scharm
  - German Low German: Schirm
  - → Danish: skærm
  - → Icelandic: skermur
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: skjerm
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: skjerm
  - → Swedish: skärm
Frankish: *skirm, *skerm
- Old Dutch: skirm
  - Middle Dutch: scherm
    - Dutch: scherm
- → Old French: escran, escren, escrein (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Italian: schermo
Old High German: scirm, skirm, scerm, skerm
- Middle High German: schirm, scherm
  - German: Schirm
    - → ? Finnish: sermi
    - → Russian: ширма (širma)
  - Yiddish: שירעם‎ (shirem)