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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skurtōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *skurtaz + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskur.tɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*skurtōną
- to make short; shorten
- to be short; run short; run out; fail; lack
Inflection
Conjugation of *skurtōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *skurtō | *skurtǭ | — | *skurtōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *skurtōsi | *skurtōs | *skurtō | *skurtōsai | *skurtōsau |
| 3rd singular | *skurtōþi | *skurtō | *skurtōþau | *skurtōþai | *skurtōþau |
| 1st dual | *skurtōs | *skurtōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *skurtōþiz | *skurtōþiz | *skurtōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *skurtōmaz | *skurtōm | — | *skurtōnþai | *skurtōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *skurtōþ | *skurtōþ | *skurtōþ | *skurtōnþai | *skurtōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *skurtōnþi | *skurtōn | *skurtōnþau | *skurtōnþai | *skurtōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *skurtōdǭ | *skurtōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *skurtōdēz | *skurtōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *skurtōdē | *skurtōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *skurtōdēdū | *skurtōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *skurtōdēdudiz | *skurtōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *skurtōdēdum | *skurtōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *skurtōdēdud | *skurtōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *skurtōdēdun | *skurtōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *skurtōndz | *skurtōdaz | |||
Synonyms
- (to run short, fail): *trukōną
Related terms
- *skurtijaną
Descendants
- Old English: sċortian, sċeortian
- Middle English: schorten
- English: short
- Middle English: schorten
- Old Saxon: *skortōn
- Middle Low German: schorten, schörten
- German Low German: schörten
- Middle Low German: schorten, schörten
- Old High German: *skorzōn
- ⇒ Old High German: ūfskorzōn
- Old Norse: skorta
- Icelandic: skorta