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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrīan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skrīaną.
Verb
*skrīan
- to scream, to shout
- to screech
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *skrīan | |
| 1st sg. past | *skrai | |
| 3rd pl. past | *skriun | |
| Past ptcple | *skrian | |
| Infinitive | *skrīan | |
| Genitive infin. | *skrīannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *skrīannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *skrīannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skrīu | *skrai |
| 2nd singular | *skrīiʀi | *skriī |
| 3rd singular | *skrīidi | *skrai |
| 1st plural | *skrīum | *skrium |
| 2nd plural | *skrīid | *skriud |
| 3rd plural | *skrīand | *skriun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *skrīē | *skriī |
| 2nd singular | *skrīēs | *skriī |
| 3rd singular | *skrīē | *skriī |
| 1st plural | *skrīēm | *skriīm |
| 2nd plural | *skrīēþ | *skriīd |
| 3rd plural | *skrīēn | *skriīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *skrī | |
| Plural | *skrīid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *skrīandī | *skrian |
Descendants
- Old English: sċrēon
- Old Frisian: skrīa
- Old Saxon: *skrīan
- Old Dutch: *scrīan
- Middle Dutch: schriën
- Dutch: schriën, schrieën (dialectal)
- Middle Dutch: schriën
- Old High German: scrīan
- Middle High German: schrīen
- Alemannic German: schriie
- German: schreien
- Hunsrik: schreue
- Yiddish: שרײַען (shrayen)
- Middle High German: schrīen
- → Old French: escrier, acrier, escrïer
- Middle French: escrier, écrier
- French: écrier
- → Middle English: ascrien, ascryen
- Middle French: escrier, écrier