Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skutъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Loanword from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “fringe”), cognate with Icelandic skaut, German Schoß, from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner, wedge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to shoot”). Similar to Albanian skutë (“apron”), Greek σκουτί (skoutí), Romanian scutec (“nappy”), which could be loanwords from Slavic or could reflect Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “skin, hide”) (possibly via Latin scutica).

The secondary meaning piece of cloth, ribbon may have been influenced by native words such as Proto-Slavic *skutьlъ (“tiny, small”), Proto-Slavic *kutrъ (“little”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shrink, to shove”), cognate with Persian ‎ (kôtâh, “short”), Persian ‎ (kučak, “small”).

Noun

skutъ m

skirt, apron
edge, train (of a dress)
→ (secondary) piece of cloth, ribbon
lap

Declension

Declension of *skutъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*skutъ	*skuta	*skuti
Accusative	*skutъ	*skuta	*skuty
Genitive	*skuta	*skutu	*skutъ
Locative	*skutě	*skutu	*skutěxъ
Dative	*skutu	*skutoma	*skutomъ
Instrumental	skutъmь, skutomь^*	*skutoma	*skuty
Vocative	*skute	*skuta	*skuti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*kydati (“to fling”)
*kyda (“frost, rime”)
*kutrę (“puppy, pinkie finger”)
*skutьlъ (“pinkie finger”)

Derived terms

*skutačь (“apron”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: скꙋтъ (skutŭ, “piece of cloth”)
  - Russian: скут (skut)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: скоутъ (skutŭ)
- Bulgarian: скут (skut, “lap, skirt”), dial. скута́ч (skutáč, “apron”)
- Macedonian: скут (skut, “lap”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ску̑т
  Latin: skȗt