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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *skaiþiz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_skaiþiz</idno>
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      <sourceDesc>
        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_skaithiz" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaiþiz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>skaiþiz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈskɑi̯.θiz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᚲᚨᛁᚦᛁᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">feminine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">i-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>sheath, covering</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>something carved out to be concave or hollow</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *skaiþaną (‘to separate’) + *-þiz (‘nominal suffix’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>skaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>skaiþīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>skaiþį</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>skaiþinz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>skaiþīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>skaiþijǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>skaiþī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>skaiþimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>skaiþī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>skaiþimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>skaiþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>skaiþīz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*skaiþiju</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>skēthe</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*skaiþiju</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*skētha</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>schêde</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>schede</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>skede</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*skaiþiju</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>sċēaþ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>shethe, sheth, schethe, scheth</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>sheath, sheathe</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*skaiþiju</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>sceida, skaida</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>scheide</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Scheide</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Hunsrik</lang>
                        <orth>Scheed</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Scheed</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>שייד (sheyd)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*skaiþiju</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>sceitha</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Low German</lang>
                      <orth>scheed</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>skeið</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>skeið</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old West Norse</lang>
                    <orth>skeiðir</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Irish</lang>
                    <orth>scáeth</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Irish</lang>
                      <orth>scaoth</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Manx</lang>
                      <orth>skeih</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scottish Gaelic</lang>
                      <orth>sgaoth</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>skeid, skei</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>skei</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sketh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>ske</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>skje</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                      <orth>скедии (skedii)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                      <orth>skede</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>skede</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                      <orth>skede</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>skjede</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                          <orth>skjede</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>skedhe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>skede</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>skēþ, skedh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>sked</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeið</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old West Norse</lang>
                    <orth>skeiði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                      <orth>skeidi</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>skeið</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>skeið</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old West Norse</lang>
                    <orth>skeiðir</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Irish</lang>
                    <orth>scáeth</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Irish</lang>
                      <orth>scaoth</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Manx</lang>
                      <orth>skeih</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scottish Gaelic</lang>
                      <orth>sgaoth</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>skeid, skei</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>skei</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sketh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>ske</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>skje</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old East Slavic</lang>
                      <orth>скедии (skedii)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                      <orth>skede</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>skede</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                      <orth>skede</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>skjede</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                          <orth>skjede</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old East Norse</lang>
                    <orth>*skeði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>skedhe</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>skede</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>skēþ, skedh</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>sked</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>skeiði</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old West Norse</lang>
                    <orth>skeiði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                      <orth>skeidi</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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