Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skarną

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 Proto-Indo-European *sóḱr̥ (“dung, excrement”). Cognate with Latin cerda ("dung, feces"; in compounds: mūscerda, sūcerda, etc.), Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement, feces”).

Noun

*skarną n

1. filth, dung

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skarną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skarną	*skarnō
vocative	*skarną	*skarnō
accusative	*skarną	*skarnō
genitive	*skarnas, *skarnis	*skarnǫ̂
dative	*skarnai	*skarnamaz
instrumental	*skarnō	*skarnamiz

Related terms

• *harnaz

Descendants

• Old English: sċearn
  • Middle English: scharn
    • Scots: scharn, schairn
    • English: sharn
• Old Frisian: skern
  • West Frisian: skerne, skarne
  • North Frisian: skärn, skern
• Old Saxon: *skarn
  • Middle Low German: scharn
    • Low German: Scharn
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: skerning, skerling
    • Middle Low German: schērlinc
• Old Dutch: *skarn
  • Middle Dutch: scharn
    • Dutch: scharn
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *scerninc, *scarninc
    • Middle Dutch: scerlinc, scarlinc
      • Dutch: scheerling
• Old High German: scarno m
  • ⇒ Old High German: scerning, scerlinc, scerilinc
    • Middle High German: scherlinc, schirlinc
      • German: Schierling
• Old Norse: skarn
  • Icelandic: skarn
  • Faroese: skarn
  • Norwegian: skarn
  • Old Swedish: skarn
    • Swedish: skarn
      • → English: skarn
      • → German: Skarn
  • Danish: skarn