*skarną

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᚱᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑr.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

filth, dung

Etymology

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

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skarną	skarnō
Acc.	skarną	skarnō
Gen.	skarnas, skarnis	skarnǫ̂
Dat.	skarnai	skarnamaz
Inst.	skarnō	skarnamiz
Voc.	skarną	skarnō

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Descendants

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

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