*skōgô

Runic: ᛊᚲᛟᚷᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈskɔː.ɣɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

thicket, small wood

Etymology

Unknown. The sense development is generally thought to be "something sticking out" > "small collection of trees" > "thicket", and has been tentatively linked to *skehaną (‘to spring up, emerge’). Compare also *skagją (‘beard’), *skagô (‘peninsula, cape’) (the latter whence Old Norse skagi (‘low cape, ness’)).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skōgô	skōganiz
Acc.	skōganų	skōganunz
Gen.	skōginiz	skōganǫ̂
Dat.	skōgini	skōgammaz
Inst.	skōginē	skōgammiz
Voc.	skōgô	skōganiz

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Descendants

*skagō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċeaga (Old English)
  - schawe, shawe, shaghe, schaghe, schaȝe (Middle English)
    - shaw (English)
*skagō (Proto-West Germanic)
- scahho (Old High German)
  - schache (Old High German)
    - Schachen (German)
skógr (Old Norse)
- skógvur, skógur (Faroese)
- skógur (Icelandic)
- ? (Norwegian)
- skogr (Old Gutnish)
skógr (Old Norse)
- scogh, scough (Middle English)
  - scaw (English)
skógr (Old Norse)
- skogh (Old Danish)
  - skov (Danish)
skógr (Old Norse)
- skōgher (Old Swedish)
  - skog (Swedish)

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