Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skreti

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative reconstructions

• *skrebti (Trubačev)

Etymology

From earlier *skrebtì, of Proto-Balto-Slavic origin. Cognate with Latvian skrabt (“to scrape, to comb”), Lithuanian skrebė́ti (“to rasp (of noise)”).

Further origin apparently from Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ-, probably related via schwebeablaut to *(s)kerbʰ- whence Proto-Slavic *ščьrbati (“to chip, to splinter”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *skrepaną (“to scrape”), *skrubbōną (“to scrub”).

Verb

*skretì impf

1. to scrape, to scrub

Inflection

Conjugation of *skreti, *skrebe, *skrebetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*skrebenьje	*skreti	*skretъ	*skreblъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*skrebenъ	*skrebomъ
Active	*skrebъ	*skreby

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skreb(ox)ъ	*skrebe	*skrebe	*skrebǫ	*skrebeši	*skrebetь
Dual	*skreb(ox)ově	*skreb(e/os)ta	*skreb(e/os)te	*skrebevě	*skrebeta	*skrebete
Plural	*skreb(ox)omъ	*skreb(e/os)te	*skrebǫ, *skrebošę	*skrebemъ	*skrebete	*skrebǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skreběaxъ	*skreběaše	*skreběaše	—	*skrebi	*skrebi
Dual	*skreběaxově	*skreběašeta	*skreběašete	*skreběvě	*skreběta	—
Plural	*skreběaxomъ	*skreběašete	*skreběaxǫ	*skreběmъ	*skreběte	—

Related terms

• *skrobati, *skrabati
• *skrebetъ, *skrebetati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: скрэ́бці (skrébci), скреба́ць (skrjebácʹ)
  • Russian: скрести́ (skrestí)
  • Ukrainian: скребти́ (skrebtý)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    ⇒ Old Cyrillic script: оскрети (oskreti)

  • ⇒ Slovene: škrebljáti (obsolete, 18 cent.)

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скребу́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “скребти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka