Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skraudu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skraudō. Equivalent to *skraudan (“to cut up, shred”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*skraudu f

cut, crack
piece

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skraudu
Genitive	*skraudā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skraudu	*skraudō
Accusative	*skraudā	*skraudā
Genitive	*skraudā	*skraudō
Dative	*skraudē	skraudōm, skraudum
Instrumental	*skraudu	skraudōm, skraudum

Descendants

Old English: sċrēad
- Middle English: shrede, shred
  - Scots: screid, skreid, schred, schreid
  - English: shred
Old Frisian: skrēd
Old Dutch: *scrōda
- Middle Dutch: schrôde
  - Dutch: schroot
Old High German: scrōt
- Middle High German: schrōt, schrāt
  - German: Schrot
  - Luxembourgish: Schrout
→ Old French: escroe, escrowe, escrouwe
- Middle French: escroe
- → Middle English: escrowe, ascrowe
  - English: escrow
- → Middle English: scrowe, scrouwe
  - ⇒ Middle English: scrowle, scrolle (influenced by rolle)
    - English: scroll

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