Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skaþþjan

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 Proto-Germanic *skaþjaną. Equivalent to *skaþō +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*skaþþjan [1]

to harm

Inflection

*skaþiþi, *skōþ, *skōdun, *skadan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: sċeþþan, sċieþþan
- Middle English: scathen, skathen
  - Scots: scaith, skaith, schaith, scathe
  - English: scathe
Old Saxon: skeððan, *skeþþan, *skeththan
- Middle Low German: schaden
  - Low German: schaden

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[skaþʲþʲan]”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[skaþʲþʲan]”