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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skellaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, to shout, to sound) with a s-mobile. Cognate with Lithuanian skaļš (loud; noisy) and Russian скули́ть (skulítʹ, to whine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskel.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skellaną [1]

  1. to sound, clatter, ring

Inflection

  • *skaljaną

Descendants

  • West Germanic: *skellan
    • Old English: scellan, scillan
    • Old Saxon: *skellan
    • Old Dutch: *skellan
    • Old High German: skellan
  • Old Norse: skjalla

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *skellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
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