*skeraną

Runic: ᛊᚲᛖᚱᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈske.rɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 4

Meanings

to shear

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (‘to cut’) (though Kroonen reconstructs the verb as *skerH-, which appears to be an extension).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	skerō	skeraų	–
2nd singular	skirizi	skeraiz	sker
3rd singular	skiridi	skerai	skeradau
1st dual	skerōz	skeraiw	–
2nd dual	skeradiz	skeraidiz	skeradiz
1st plural	skeramaz	skeraim	–
2nd plural	skirid	skeraid	skirid
3rd plural	skerandi	skerain	skerandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	skerai	–
2nd singular	skerazai	skeraizau
3rd singular	skeradai	skeraidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	skerandai	skeraindau
2nd plural	skerandai	skeraindau
3rd plural	skerandai	skeraindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	skar	skērį̄
2nd singular	skart	skērīz
3rd singular	skar	skērī
1st dual	skērū	skērīw
2nd dual	skērudiz	skērīdiz
1st plural	skērum	skērīm
2nd plural	skērud	skērīd
3rd plural	skērun	skērīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
skeraną	skerandz	skuranaz

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Descendants

*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeran (Old Dutch)
  - schēren (Middle Dutch)
    - sjaere (Limburgish)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeran (Old Dutch)
  - schēren (Middle Dutch)
    - scheren (Dutch)
      - skeer (Afrikaans)
      - sikeli (Aukan)
      - skeri (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - skeer (Negerhollands)
      - skler, scar (Skepi Creole Dutch)
      - skeare (West Frisian)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeran (Old Dutch)
  - schēren (Middle Dutch)
    - scheren (Dutch)
      - sker (Sranan Tongo)
        
        skeer (Dutch)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċieran, sċeran, sċeoran, sċiran, sċyran (Old English)
  - scheren, schæren, schere, scheryn, shere, sheren, ssere (Middle English)
    - shear (English)
    - shear (Scots)
    - shaure (Yola)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- escirer (Old French)
  - descirer (Old French)
    - deschirer (Middle French)
      - déchirer (French)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skera (Old Frisian)
  - schääre, skääre (Saterland Frisian)
  - skarre (West Frisian)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeran (Old High German)
  - schërn (Middle High German)
    - scheren (German)
    - scheere (Hunsrik)
    - schieren (Luxembourgish)
    - שערן (shern) (Yiddish)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeran (Old High German)
  - giskirri (Old High German)
    - geschirre (Middle High German)
      - Geschirr (Alemannic German)
      - ? (Central Franconian)
      - Geschirr (German)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeran (Old High German)
  - giskirri (Old High German)
    - geschirre (Middle High German)
      - szory (Polish)
        
        шоры (šory) (Russian)
*skeran (Proto-West Germanic)
- skeran, sceran (Old Saxon)
  - scheren (Middle Low German)
    - scheren (Low German)
skera (Old Norse)
- skera (Faroese)
- skera (Icelandic)
- skjera (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skera (Old Norse)
- skære (Danish)
  - skjære (Norwegian Bokmål)
skera (Old Norse)
- skæra, skiæra (Old Swedish)
  - skära (Swedish)
*𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*skairan) (Gothic)
- ? (Old Occitan)
  - esquilar (Catalan)
  - esquilar (Occitan)
*𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*skairan) (Gothic)
- esquirar (Old Spanish)
  - esquilar (Spanish)
    - esquiloar (Galician)
    - esquiar, esquilar (Portuguese)
*kerit'äk (Proto-Finnic)

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