Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrīban

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, borrowed from Latin scrībō.

Verb

*skrīban

1. to write

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*skrīban
1st sg. past	*skraib
3rd pl. past	*skribun
Past ptcple	*skriban
Infinitive	*skrīban
Genitive infin.	*skrībannjas
Dative infin.	*skrībannjē
Instrum. infin.	*skrībannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*skrību	*skraib
2nd singular	*skrībiʀi	*skribī
3rd singular	*skrībidi	*skraib
1st plural	*skrībum	*skribum
2nd plural	*skrībid	*skribud
3rd plural	*skrīband	*skribun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*skrībē	*skribī
2nd singular	*skrībēs	*skribī
3rd singular	*skrībē	*skribī
1st plural	*skrībēm	*skribīm
2nd plural	*skrībēþ	*skribīd
3rd plural	*skrībēn	*skribīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*skrīb
Plural	*skrībid
	Present	Past
Participle	*skrībandī	*skriban

Descendants

• Old English: sċrīfan
  • Middle English: shryven, schriven, shriven, schrifen, schrevyn, schryfen, schryvyn, sriven, shrive, shrife
    • English: shrive
    • Scots: schrive, shrive (all archaic)
• Old Frisian: skrīva
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: skriiw

    Mooring: schriwe

    Sylt: skriiv

    Wiedingharde: skriwwe

  • Saterland Frisian: skrieuwe
  • West Frisian: skriuwe
• Old Saxon: skrīvan
  • Middle Low German: schrîven
    • Low German: schrieven
    • Plautdietsch: schriewen
• Old Dutch: skrīvan, scrīvan
  • Middle Dutch: schriven
    • Dutch: schrijven
      • Afrikaans: skryf
      • Jersey Dutch: sxrāive
      • Negerhollands: skriev, skrif
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: screef
      • → Sranan Tongo: skrifi
        • Aukan: sikiifi
        • Saramaccan: sikífi
    • Limburgish: sjrieve
• Old High German: skrīban, scrīban
  • Middle High German: schrīben
    • Alemannic German: schriibe
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: sraiban

    • Central Franconian: schrieve, schrjve (Aachen), schreiwe (Moselle Franconian)

      Hunsrik: schreive

    • German: schreiben
    • Luxembourgish: schreiwen
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: schreiwe

    • Vilamovian: śrajwa
    • Yiddish: שרײַבן (shraybn)