*skirmiz

Runic: ᛊᚲᛁᚱᛗᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈskir.miz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

  1. fur, hide, pelt
  2. covering, shelter, screen

Etymology

A nominal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (‘to cut, divide’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.skirmizskirmīz
Acc.skirmįskirminz
Gen.skirmīzskirmijǫ̂
Dat.skirmīskirmimaz
Inst.skirmīskirmimiz
Voc.skirmiskirmīz

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Descendants

  • *skirmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • schermo (Italian)
    • escran, escren, escrein (Old French)
  • *skirmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skirm (Old Dutch)
      • scherm (Middle Dutch)
        • sjèrm (Limburgish)
  • *skirmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skirm (Old Dutch)
      • scherm (Middle Dutch)
        • scherm (Dutch)
          • skerm (Afrikaans)
          • sekèrm (Caribbean Javanese)
          • sekeram (Indonesian)
          • skèrmu (Papiamentu)
  • *skirmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • scirm, skirm, scerm, skerm (Old High German)
      • schirm, scherm (Middle High German)
        • Scherrem (Hunsrik)
        • שירעם (shirem) (Yiddish)
  • *skirmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • scirm, skirm, scerm, skerm (Old High German)
      • schirm, scherm (Middle High German)
        • Schirm (German)
          • sermi (Finnish)
          • ширма (širma) (Russian)
  • *skirmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skirm, *skerm (Old Saxon)
      • scherm, scharm (Middle Low German)
        • Schirm (German Low German)
        • skjerm (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • skjerm (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        • skärm (Swedish)
  • *skirmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skirm, *skerm (Old Saxon)
      • scherm, scharm (Middle Low German)
        • skærm (Danish)
          • skermur (Faroese)
          • skermur (Icelandic)

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