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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrimpaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

A variant of *skrimbaną, the root final -p- was adopted from the iterative *skrumpōną, from Pre-Germanic *skrembʰ-, related to Lithuanian skrèbti and skrembù (to shrink). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskrim.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrimpaną[1]

  1. to contract, to shrink

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skrimpan
    • Old Dutch: *scrimpan
    • Old High German: *skrimpfan
      • Middle High German: schrimpfen

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skrimman- ~ *skrimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
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