Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrimpaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *wer- (“to turn, twist”). Compare Ancient Greek ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “I turn in circles”). Possibly a Blend of *wringaną (“to squeeze, to twist”) + *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle, to shrink”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*wrimpaną[1]
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *wrimpaną (strong class 3)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *wrimpan
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wrempanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 472