Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrimpaną

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

A variant of *skrimbaną, the root final -p- was adopted from the iterative *skrumpōną, from Pre-Germanic *skrembʰ-, related to Lithuanian skrèbti and skrembù (to shrink).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskrim.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrimpaną[1]

  1. to contract, to shrink

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skrimpō *skrimpaų *skrimpai ?
2nd singular *skrimpizi *skrimpaiz *skrimp *skrimpazai *skrimpaizau
3rd singular *skrimpidi *skrimpai *skrimpadau *skrimpadai *skrimpaidau
1st dual *skrimpōz *skrimpaiw
2nd dual *skrimpadiz *skrimpaidiz *skrimpadiz
1st plural *skrimpamaz *skrimpaim *skrimpandai *skrimpaindau
2nd plural *skrimpid *skrimpaid *skrimpid *skrimpandai *skrimpaindau
3rd plural *skrimpandi *skrimpain *skrimpandau *skrimpandai *skrimpaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *skramp *skrumpį̄
2nd singular *skramft *skrumpīz
3rd singular *skramp *skrumpī
1st dual *skrumpū *skrumpīw
2nd dual *skrumpudiz *skrumpīdiz
1st plural *skrumpum *skrumpīm
2nd plural *skrumpud *skrumpīd
3rd plural *skrumpun *skrumpīn
present past
participles *skrimpandz *skrumpanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skrimpan
    • Old Dutch: *scrimpan
    • Old High German: *skrimpfan
      • Middle High German: schrimpfen

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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