*skagją

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᚷᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑɣ.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

beard, headhair

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from *skōgô (‘brush, thicket’) + *-ją.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skagją	skagjō
Acc.	skagją	skagjō
Gen.	skagjas, skagis	skagjǫ̂
Dat.	skagjai	skagjamaz
Inst.	skagjō	skagjamiz
Voc.	skagją	skagjō

Descendants

*skaggī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *skaggijā (Proto-West Germanic)
  - sċeacga (Old English)
    - *schagge (Middle English)
      - shag (English)
      - schagg, schage, schaig (Middle Scots)
skegg (Old Norse)
- skæg (Danish)
- skegg (Faroese)
- skegg (Icelandic)
- skjegg (Norwegian Bokmål)
- skjegg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skegg (Old Norse)
- skæg (Old Swedish)
  - skägg (Swedish)
*skāvčā (Proto-Samic)

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