Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaggiją

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

Alternative forms

*skaggijaz, *skagją

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”).

Noun

*skaggiją n

that which protrudes or sticks out
(nautical) stem (of a ship)
beard

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skaggiją (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skaggiją	*skaggijō
vocative	*skaggiją	*skaggijō
accusative	*skaggiją	*skaggijō
genitive	skaggijas, skaggīs	*skaggijǫ̂
dative	*skaggijai	*skaggijamaz
instrumental	*skaggijō	*skaggijamiz

Descendants

Old English: sċeacga
- Middle English: *schagge, *shagge
  - Scots: schage, schaig, schagg
  - English: shag
Old Norse: skegg
- Icelandic: skegg
- Faroese: skegg
- Norwegian: skjegg
- Old Swedish: skæg
  - Swedish: skägg
- Danish: skæg

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