Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrepaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-b- (“to scratch, to engrave”). The current form with -p- was influenced by the iteratives, the presumed primary form *skrebaną (“to scratch”) is unattested. Related to *skerpaną and *skerbaną (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskre.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrepaną

1. to scratch, scrape

Inflection

Conjugation of *skrepaną (strong class 5)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skrepō	*skrepaų	—		*skrepai	?
2nd singular	*skripizi	*skrepaiz	*skrep		*skrepazai	*skrepaizau
3rd singular	*skripidi	*skrepai	*skrepadau		*skrepadai	*skrepaidau
1st dual	*skrepōz	*skrepaiw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*skrepadiz	*skrepaidiz	*skrepadiz		—	—
1st plural	*skrepamaz	*skrepaim	—		*skrepandai	*skrepaindau
2nd plural	*skripid	*skrepaid	*skripid		*skrepandai	*skrepaindau
3rd plural	*skrepandi	*skrepain	*skrepandau		*skrepandai	*skrepaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skrap	*skrēpį̄
2nd singular	*skraft	*skrēpīz
3rd singular	*skrap	*skrēpī
1st dual	*skrēpū	*skrēpīw
2nd dual	*skrēpudiz	*skrēpīdiz
1st plural	*skrēpum	*skrēpīm
2nd plural	*skrēpud	*skrēpīd
3rd plural	*skrēpun	*skrēpīn
	present	past
participles	*skrepandz	*skrepanaz

Related terms

• *skrapōną
• *skrappōną
• *skrubbōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skrepan
  • Old English: sċrepan
    • Middle English: screpen, schrepen
  • Old Saxon: *skrepan
    • Middle Low German: schrēpen
  • Old Dutch: *skrepan
    • Middle Dutch: schrēpen
  • Old High German: *skrepfan, *skreffan
    • Middle High German: schepfen, schreffen, schrefen, schreven
      • German: schröpfen (partially)