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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skarjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Verb
*skarjan[1]
- to delimit
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *skarjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *skaridā | |
| Infinitive | *skarjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *skarjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *skarjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *skarjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skarju | *skaridā |
| 2nd singular | *skarisi | *skaridēs, *skaridōs |
| 3rd singular | *skariþi | *skaridē, *skaridā |
| 1st plural | *skarjum | *skaridum |
| 2nd plural | *skariþ | *skaridud |
| 3rd plural | *skarjanþ | *skaridun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skarjē | *skaridī |
| 2nd singular | *skarjēs | *skaridī |
| 3rd singular | *skarjē | *skaridī |
| 1st plural | *skarjēm | *skaridīm |
| 2nd plural | *skarjēþ | *skaridīd |
| 3rd plural | *skarjēn | *skaridīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *skari | |
| Plural | *skariþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *skarjandī | *skarid |
Descendants
- Old English: sċirian, sċyrian
- Old Saxon: skerian
- Middle Low German: schēren
- Old Dutch: *skerien
- Middle Dutch: schēren
- Dutch: scheren (obsolete)
- Middle Dutch: schēren
- Old High German: skerien
- Middle High German: scheren
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245: “PWGmc *skarjan”