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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skittōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *skidnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative from *skītaną (“to shit, defecate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskit.tɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*skittōną
- to shit, defecate
Inflection
The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *skitt- against non-singular *skit-.
Conjugation of *skittōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *skittō | *skittǭ | — | *skittōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *skittōsi | *skittōs | *skittō | *skittōsai | *skittōsau |
| 3rd singular | *skittōþi | *skittō | *skittōþau | *skittōþai | *skittōþau |
| 1st dual | *skittōs | *skittōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *skittōþiz | *skittōþiz | *skittōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *skittōmaz | *skittōm | — | *skittōnþai | *skittōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *skittōþ | *skittōþ | *skittōþ | *skittōnþai | *skittōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *skittōnþi | *skittōn | *skittōnþau | *skittōnþai | *skittōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *skittōdǭ | *skittōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *skittōdēz | *skittōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *skittōdē | *skittōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *skittōdēdū | *skittōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *skittōdēdudiz | *skittōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *skittōdēdum | *skittōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *skittōdēdud | *skittōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *skittōdēdun | *skittōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *skittōndz | *skittōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Old Norse: *skitta
- Faroese: skitta
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN