Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skurtijan

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 *skurt (“short”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*skurtijan

to shorten, to make shorter

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*skurtijan
1st sg. past	*skurtidā
Infinitive	*skurtijan
Genitive infin.	*skurtijannjas
Dative infin.	*skurtijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*skurtijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*skurtiju	*skurtidā
2nd singular	*skurtisi	skurtidēs, skurtidōs
3rd singular	*skurtiþi	skurtidē, skurtidā
1st plural	*skurtijum	*skurtidum
2nd plural	*skurtiþ	*skurtidud
3rd plural	*skurtijanþ	*skurtidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*skurtijē	*skurtidī
2nd singular	*skurtijēs	*skurtidī
3rd singular	*skurtijē	*skurtidī
1st plural	*skurtijēm	*skurtidīm
2nd plural	*skurtijēþ	*skurtidīd
3rd plural	*skurtijēn	*skurtidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*skurti
Plural	*skurtiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*skurtijandī	*skurtid

Descendants

Old English: *scyrtan
- Middle English: scirten
- ⇒ Old English: gescyrtan
Old Frisian: skerta
Old Saxon: *skurtian
- Middle Low German: schörten
Old High German: *skurzen
- Middle High German: schürzen
  - >? German: schürzen