Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skeran

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skeraną.

Verb

*skeran

to shear, to cut

Inflection

Strong class 4
Infinitive	*skeran
1st sg. past	*skar
3rd pl. past	*skārun
Past ptcple	*skoran
Infinitive	*skeran
Genitive infin.	*skerannjas
Dative infin.	*skerannjē
Instrum. infin.	*skerannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*skeru	*skar
2nd singular	*skiriʀi	*skārī
3rd singular	*skiridi	*skar
1st plural	*skerum	*skārum
2nd plural	*skirid	*skārud
3rd plural	*skerand	*skārun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*skerē	*skārī
2nd singular	*skerēs	*skārī
3rd singular	*skerē	*skārī
1st plural	*skerēm	*skārīm
2nd plural	*skerēþ	*skārīd
3rd plural	*skerēn	*skārīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sker
Plural	*skirid
	Present	Past
Participle	*skerandī	*skoran

Descendants

Old English: sċieran
- Middle English: scheren, schæren, sheren, scheryn, schere, shere, ssere
  - English: shear
  - Scots: schere, scheir
Old Frisian: skera
- Saterland Frisian: schääre, skääre
- West Frisian: skeare, skarre
Old Saxon: skeran, sceran
- Middle Low German: scheren
  - Low German: scheren
Old Dutch: skeran
- Middle Dutch: schēren
  - Dutch: scheren
    - Afrikaans: skeer
    - → Sranan Tongo: sker
      - → Dutch: skeer
  - Limburgish: sjaere
Old High German: skeran
- Middle High German: schërn
  - German: scheren
  - Hunsrik: scheere
  - Luxembourgish: schieren
  - Yiddish: שערן‎ (shern)
- ⇒ Old High German: giskirri
  - Middle High German: geschirre
    - Alemannic German: Geschirr
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Gescherr
      Luxembourgish: Geschier
    - German: Geschirr
    - → Polish: szory
      - → Russian: шоры (šory)
→ Old French: escirer
- ⇒ Old French: descirer
  - Middle French: deschirer
    - French: déchirer