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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skelduburgz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *skelduz +‎ *burgz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskel.du.ˌburɣz/

Noun

*skelduburgz f[1]

  1. testudo, wall of shields

Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *skelduburgz (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *skelduburgz *skelduburgiz
vocative *skelduburg *skelduburgiz
accusative *skelduburgų *skelduburgunz
genitive *skelduburgiz *skelduburgǫ̂
dative *skelduburgi *skelduburgumaz
instrumental *skelduburgē *skelduburgumiz

Descendants
  • Old English: sċieldburg
  • Old High German: sciltburg
    • German: Schildburg
  • Old Norse: skjaldborg
    • Icelandic: skjaldborg

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*skeldu-burgz~skeldi-burgz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 337
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