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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrimbaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *skrembʰ-, related to Lithuanian skrèbti and skrembù (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn around, curve”), an extension of *(s)ker- (“to turn”), related to Latin corbis (“basket”), Old Norse skreppa (“scrip”), German Scherbe (“fragment”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskrim.mɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*skrimbaną[2]
- to contract, to shrink
Inflection
Conjugation of *skrimbaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *skrimbō | *skrimbaų | — | *skrimbai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *skrimbizi | *skrimbaiz | *skrimb | *skrimbazai | *skrimbaizau |
| 3rd singular | *skrimbidi | *skrimbai | *skrimbadau | *skrimbadai | *skrimbaidau |
| 1st dual | *skrimbōz | *skrimbaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *skrimbadiz | *skrimbaidiz | *skrimbadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *skrimbamaz | *skrimbaim | — | *skrimbandai | *skrimbaindau |
| 2nd plural | *skrimbid | *skrimbaid | *skrimbid | *skrimbandai | *skrimbaindau |
| 3rd plural | *skrimbandi | *skrimbain | *skrimbandau | *skrimbandai | *skrimbaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *skramb | *skrumbį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *skramft | *skrumbīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *skramb | *skrumbī | |||
| 1st dual | *skrumbū | *skrumbīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *skrumbudiz | *skrumbīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *skrumbum | *skrumbīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *skrumbud | *skrumbīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *skrumbun | *skrumbīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *skrimbandz | *skrumbanaz | |||
Related terms
- *skrimpaną
- *skrumpōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *skrimman
- Old English: scrimman
References
- Proceedings of the twelfth annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles 2000, p. 129
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*skrimman- ~ *skrimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2688