Where does “skertaną” come from?

skertaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerǝd- — to dance, jump.

skertaną (Proto-Germanic): to cut off; to leap, jump, spring; to jest, joke

Definitions

  1. to cut off; to leap, jump, spring; to jest, joke

Ancestry of “skertaną”, step by step

skertaną traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European (s)kerǝd-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)kerǝd-to dance, jump

via Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱerd-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱerd-

Words derived from “skertaną

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerǝd-