Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrattuz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to shrink, wither, dry out, crinkle, wrimple”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskrɑt.tuz/

Noun

*skrattuz m

forest monster; goblin; troll

Inflection

Declension of *skrattuz (u-stem)
	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
Old Dutch: *scrat; *scrado
- Middle Dutch: schrat, schrad
Old High German: scraz, scrāz, scraaz; scrato
- → Czech: skřet
- Middle High German: schraz, schrāz, schrez; schrazze; schrate, schrat
  - German: Schrätz; Schrat; scharren; kratzen
- → Polish: skrzat
- → Slovene: škrat
Old Norse: *skrettr; skratti
- Icelandic: skratti
- Swedish: skret; skratte, skrate, skrat
- →? Middle English: scratte, scrate, skratt (possibly inherited)
  - English: scrat, scart (obsolete)
    - ⇒ English: Old Scratch
  - Middle Scots: scarth, skart
    - Scots: scart, scrat
- → English: skratte