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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(s)kēt- (-kh-)
Meaning: damage, harm
Armenian: xatharem `zerstöre, vernichte'
Old Greek: a-skēthḗs `unversehr, wohlbehalten' (Hom.)
Germanic: *skaɵ-ja- vb., *skaɵ-an- m., -ōn- f.; *skaɵ-iz-; *skō[ɵ]-a- n., *skō[ɵ]-i- adj.
Celtic: *skat- > Ir scathaim `verstümmle, lähme'
Russ. meaning: вред, повреждение
References: WP II 557 f
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *skaɵjan- vb., *skaɵēn, -ōn; *skaɵiz-, *skō[ɵ]a-n, *skō[ɵ]ia-
Meaning: harm, damage
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Gothic: *skaɵjan, *ga-skaɵjan st. `harm, damage'; skaɵis n. (n) `harm, injustice'; skaɵul-s `harmful'
Old Norse: skaδa wk. `schaden'; skeδja wk. `schädigen; beschneiden'; skaδi m. `Schaden, Verlust'; skōδ n. `gefährliches Gerät, Waffe' (poet.); skȫδ-r `schädlich'
Norwegian: skada vb.; skade; skjöd adj.
Swedish: skada vb.; skada sbs.
Danish: skade vb.; skade sbs.
Old English: sceaɵa `Schaden', sceaɵa m. `Schädiger, Missetäter, Feind'
Old Frisian: scatha `schade'
Old Saxon: skeδδan st./wk. `schaden', scatho `Schädiger, Feind', skathon vb.
Middle Dutch: scāde m., f.; scāden vb.
Dutch: schade f.; schaden vb.
Middle Low German: schāde; scāden vb.
Old High German: scadōn (8.Jh.), scadēn `schaden', scado (8.Jh.) `Schaden', scado `Räuber, Spiessgeselle' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: schade wk. m. 'Schädigung, Verlust, Nachteil, Verderben, Mühsal, Verwundung'
German: Schade m., Schaden m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1746
Root: skēth-, skǝth-
English meaning: to harm
German meaning: `beschädigen'
Material: Gr. ἀσκηθής (urgr. η) `unversehrt, wohlbehalten' (von *σκη̃θος n.); zweifelhaft arm. xat`arem `zerstöre, vernichte';

    mir. scīth `müde', escid `unermüdlich' (cymr. esgud `flink, rege' usw. mit noch unklarem Vok.), woneben mit st-Suffix mir. scīs `Ermüdung';

    st. V. got. skaþjan, skōþ, ags. sceððan `schädigen', denominativ aisl. skaða, ags. skaðian, ahd. scadōn, scadēn `schaden'; got. skaþis n. `Schaden', aisl. skaði `Schaden, Verlust, Tod', ags. scaða, ahd. scado `Schaden', Nomen agentis ags. sceaða `Schädiger, Teufel', as. scatho, ahd. scado `Schädiger, Feind'; mit Abtönung ō wie im Präteritum aisl. skōð `schädliches Ding, Waffe', skø̄ðr `schädlich'.

References: WP. II 557 f., Wissmann Nom. postverb. 73 f.
Pages: 950
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