*skaiþiz

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᛁᚦᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑi̯.θiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

sheath, covering
something carved out to be concave or hollow

Etymology

From *skaiþaną (‘to separate’) + *-þiz (‘nominal suffix’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skaiþiz	skaiþīz
Acc.	skaiþį	skaiþinz
Gen.	skaiþīz	skaiþijǫ̂
Dat.	skaiþī	skaiþimaz
Inst.	skaiþī	skaiþimiz
Voc.	skaiþi	skaiþīz

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Descendants

*skaiþiju (Proto-West Germanic)
- skēthe (Old Frisian)
*skaiþiju (Proto-West Germanic)
- *skētha (Old Dutch)
  - schêde (Middle Dutch)
    - schede (Dutch)
      - skede (Afrikaans)
*skaiþiju (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċēaþ (Old English)
  - shethe, sheth, schethe, scheth (Middle English)
    - sheath, sheathe (English)
*skaiþiju (Proto-West Germanic)
- sceida, skaida (Old High German)
  - scheide (Middle High German)
    - Scheide (German)
    - Scheed (Hunsrik)
    - Scheed (Luxembourgish)
    - שייד (sheyd) (Yiddish)
*skaiþiju (Proto-West Germanic)
- sceitha (Old Saxon)
  - scheed (Low German)
skeið (Old Norse)
- skeið (Faroese)
- skeið (Icelandic)
- skeiðir (Old West Norse)
skeið (Old Norse)
- scáeth (Middle Irish)
  - scaoth (Irish)
  - skeih (Manx)
  - sgaoth (Scottish Gaelic)
skeið (Old Norse)
- skeid, skei (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - skei (Norwegian Bokmål)
skeið (Old Norse)
- sketh (Old Danish)
  - ske (Danish)
  - skje (Norwegian Bokmål)
skeið (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - скедии (skedii) (Old East Slavic)
skeið (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - skede (Old Danish)
    - skede (Danish)
skeið (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - skede (Old Danish)
    - skjede (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - skjede (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skeið (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - skedhe (Old Swedish)
    - skede (Swedish)
skeið (Old Norse)
- skēþ, skedh (Old Swedish)
  - sked (Swedish)
skeið (Old Norse)
- skeiði (Old West Norse)
  - skeidi (Norwegian)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- skeið (Faroese)
- skeið (Icelandic)
- skeiðir (Old West Norse)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- scáeth (Middle Irish)
  - scaoth (Irish)
  - skeih (Manx)
  - sgaoth (Scottish Gaelic)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- skeid, skei (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - skei (Norwegian Bokmål)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- sketh (Old Danish)
  - ske (Danish)
  - skje (Norwegian Bokmål)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - скедии (skedii) (Old East Slavic)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - skede (Old Danish)
    - skede (Danish)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - skede (Old Danish)
    - skjede (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - skjede (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- *skeði (Old East Norse)
  - skedhe (Old Swedish)
    - skede (Swedish)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- skēþ, skedh (Old Swedish)
  - sked (Swedish)
skeiði (Old Norse)
- skeiði (Old West Norse)
  - skeidi (Norwegian)

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