*skaþô

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑ.θɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

damage, scathe
one who causes damage; injurer

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁tH- (‘to damage, harm’), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής (askēthḗs), Old Irish scíth, as well as perhaps Old Armenian ցաւ (cʻaw, ‘pain, suffering’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skaþô	skaþaniz
Acc.	skaþanų	skaþanunz
Gen.	skaþiniz	skaþanǫ̂
Dat.	skaþini	skaþammaz
Inst.	skaþinē	skaþammiz
Voc.	skaþô	skaþaniz

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Descendants

*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- scatho (Old Dutch)
  - schāde (Middle Dutch)
    - sjaaj (Limburgish)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- scatho (Old Dutch)
  - schāde (Middle Dutch)
    - schade (Dutch)
      - skade (Afrikaans)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- scaþa, sċeaþa (Old English)
  - scaþe, scathe, schaþe, schathe (Middle English)
    - shathe, shade (English)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- skatha, sketha (Old Frisian)
  - Skoade (Saterland Frisian)
  - skea (West Frisian)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- skado, scado (Old High German)
  - škoda (Czech)
  - škȍda, шко̏да (Serbo-Croatian)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- skado, scado (Old High German)
  - schāde (Middle High German)
    - Schade (Central Franconian)
    - Schaden (German)
    - Schaade (Hunsrik)
    - Schued (Luxembourgish)
    - שאָד (shod) (Yiddish)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- skado, scado (Old High German)
  - szkoda (Old Polish)
    - szkoda (Polish)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- skado, scado (Old High German)
  - szkoda (Old Polish)
    - шкода (škoda) (Old East Slavic)
      - шко́да (škóda) (Belarusian)
      - шко́да (škóda) (Russian)
      - шко́да (škóda) (Ukrainian)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- skado, scado (Old High German)
  - škoda, *čkoda (Old Slovak)
    - чкода (čkoda) (Pannonian Rusyn)
    - škoda (Slovak)
*skaþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- skatho, scatho (Old Saxon)
  - schāde (Middle Low German)
    - Schaad, Schood, Schåd, Schoad, Schaod, Schade, Schaden (German Low German)
skaði (Old Norse)
- skaði (Faroese)
- skaði (Icelandic)
skaði (Old Norse)
- scathe, skathe (Middle English)
  - scath, scathe (English)
  - scath, scaith, skaith, schath, schaith (Scots)
skaði (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - skade (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - skade (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skaði (Old Norse)
- skathi (Old Danish)
  - skade (Danish)
skaði (Old Norse)
- skaþi (Old Swedish)
  - skada, skade (Swedish)

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