*skēkaz

Runic: ᛊᚲᛖᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈskɛː.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. robbery
  2. abduction

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skeg- (‘to jump; move’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.skēkazskēkōz, skēkōs
Acc.skēkąskēkanz
Gen.skēkas, skēkisskēkǫ̂
Dat.skēkaiskēkamaz
Inst.skēkōskēkamiz
Voc.skēkskēkōz, skēkōs

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Descendants

  • *sċǣc (Old English)
  • *sċǣcere (Old English)
  • sċēacere (Old English)
  • tōsċēacerian (Old English)
  • skāk (Old Frisian)
  • skākrāf (Old Frisian)
  • skākere (Old Frisian)
  • skāker (Old Frisian)
  • *skāk (Old Saxon)
    • schâk, schâker (Middle Low German)
  • *skākāri (Old Saxon)
    • schâk, schâker (Middle Low German)
  • *skāk (Frankish)
    • scachum, scachator (Medieval Latin)
  • *skāk (Frankish)
    • *skāk (Old Dutch)
      • scaec (Middle Dutch)
        • schaak, schaker (Dutch)
  • *skāk (Frankish)
    • eschec, eschiec, eschiequer, eschecer, escheker, eschieker (Old French)
      • skekken, skiken (Middle English)
      • eschec, eschiec (Middle French)
  • skāh (Old High German)
    • schāch, schāchære (Middle High German)
      • Schächer (German)
  • skāhhāri (Old High German)
    • schāch, schāchære (Middle High German)
      • Schächer (German)

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