Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrimpaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
*skrimpaną[1]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *skrimpaną (strong class 3)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *skrimpan
- Old Dutch: *scrimpan
- Old High German: *skrimpfan
- Middle High German: schrimpfen
- German: schrimpfen, schrümpfen (obsolete), schrumpfen (alternatively a zero-grade, see *skrumpōną)
- Middle High German: schrimpfen