Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrīnī

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

Borrowed from Latin scrīnium (“chest, reliquary”).

Noun

*skrīnī n or m

1. shrine, reliquary
2. chest, coffer

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skrīnij(a)
Genitive	*skrīnijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skrīnij(a)	*skrīniju
Accusative	*skrīnij(a)	*skrīniju
Genitive	*skrīnijas	*skrīnijō
Dative	*skrīnijē	*skrīnijum
Instrumental	*skrīniju	*skrīnijum

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skrīnij(a)
Genitive	*skrīnijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skrīnij(a)	*skrīnijōs
Accusative	*skrīnij(a)	*skrīnijā
Genitive	*skrīnijas	*skrīnijō
Dative	*skrīnijē	*skrīnijum
Instrumental	*skrīniju	*skrīnijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *skrīn

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *skrīni
  • Middle Dutch: schrine, scrijn, scrīne m
    • Dutch: schrijn
• Old High German: skrīni, scrīni n or m
  • Middle High German: schrīn
    • German: Schrein
    • → Bulgarian: скрин (skrin)
• → Proto-Slavic: *skrini (see there for further descendants)