Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrītaną

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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]

Most likely from the same source as *hrītaną, but with an s-mobile. Related to Middle Irish scrissid (to cut).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈskriː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*skrītaną[1]

  1. to tear, to cut

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skrītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344