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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skuttjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *skut (“a border, a divider”) + *-jan.
Verb
*skuttjan
- to shut, to close off
- to enclose
- to protect, to shelter
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *skuttjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *skuttā | |
| Infinitive | *skuttjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *skuttjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *skuttjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *skuttjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skuttju | *skuttā |
| 2nd singular | *skutisi | *skuttēs, *skuttōs |
| 3rd singular | *skutiþi | *skuttē, *skuttā |
| 1st plural | *skuttjum | *skuttum |
| 2nd plural | *skutiþ | *skuttud |
| 3rd plural | *skuttjanþ | *skuttun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skuttjē | *skuttī |
| 2nd singular | *skuttjēs | *skuttī |
| 3rd singular | *skuttjē | *skuttī |
| 1st plural | *skuttjēm | *skuttīm |
| 2nd plural | *skuttjēþ | *skuttīd |
| 3rd plural | *skuttjēn | *skuttīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *skuti | |
| Plural | *skutiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *skuttjandī | *skutt |
Descendants
- Old English: scyttan
- Middle English: shetten, shutten
- English: shut
- Middle English: shetten, shutten
- Old Frisian: sketta
- Old Saxon: *skuttian
- Middle Low German: schütten
- Old Dutch: *skutten
- Middle Dutch: schutten
- Dutch: schutten
- Middle Dutch: schutten
- Old High German: *skutzen
- Middle High German: schützen
- German: schützen
- Middle High German: schützen