< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrattuz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to shrink, wither, dry out, crinkle, wrimple”).
Noun
*skrattuz m
- forest monster; goblin; troll
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *skrattuz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *skrattuz | *skrattiwiz | |
vocative | *skrattu | *skrattiwiz | |
accusative | *skrattų | *skrattunz | |
genitive | *skrattauz | *skrattiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *skrattiwi | *skrattumaz | |
instrumental | *skrattū | *skrattumiz |
Descendants
The original paradigm of *skrad-, *skratt- allowed for different leveling among the daughter languages.
- Old English: *scrætt, scrætte; scritta
- Middle English: scrat, skratt, scratte
- Scots: scrat, skratt
- English: scrat, Old Scratch
- Middle English: scrat, skratt, scratte
- Old Dutch: *scrat; *scrado
- Middle Dutch: schrat, schrad
- Old High German: scraz, scrāz, scraaz; scrato
- Middle High German: schraz, schrāz, schrez; schrazze; schrate, schrat
- German: Schrätz; Schrat
- Middle High German: schraz, schrāz, schrez; schrazze; schrate, schrat
- Old Norse: *skrettr; skratti
- Icelandic: skratti
- Swedish: skret; skratte, skrate, skrat
- English: skratte