Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrībaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin scrībō. Doublet of *hrībaną.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈskriː.βa.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*skrībaną[2]

  1. to write
    Synonym: *wrītaną

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *skrībaną (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skrībō *skrībaų — *skrībai ?
2nd singular *skrībizi *skrībaiz *skrīb *skrībazai *skrībaizau
3rd singular *skrībidi *skrībai *skrībadau *skrībadai *skrībaidau
1st dual *skrībōz *skrībaiw — — —
2nd dual *skrībadiz *skrībaidiz *skrībadiz — —
1st plural *skrībamaz *skrībaim — *skrībandai *skrībaindau
2nd plural *skrībid *skrībaid *skrībid *skrībandai *skrībaindau
3rd plural *skrībandi *skrībain *skrībandau *skrībandai *skrībaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skraib *skribį̄
2nd singular *skraift *skribīz
3rd singular *skraib *skribī
1st dual *skribū *skribīw
2nd dual *skribudiz *skribīdiz
1st plural *skribum *skribīm
2nd plural *skribud *skribīd
3rd plural *skribun *skribīn
present past
participles *skrībandz *skribanaz

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skrīban (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: skrifa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, pages 419-420
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skrībanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
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