Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrimbaną

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 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]

  1. to contract, to shrink

Inflection

Conjugation of (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

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skrimman

References

  1. ^ Proceedings of the twelfth annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles 2000, p. 129
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skrimman- ~ *skrimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2688”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2688