Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrīn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *scrīnum, from scrīnium (“chest, reliquary”).

Noun

*skrīn n or m

shrine, reliquary
chest, coffer

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skrīn
Genitive	*skrīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skrīn	*skrīnu
Accusative	*skrīn	*skrīnu
Genitive	*skrīnas	*skrīnō
Dative	*skrīnē	*skrīnum
Instrumental	*skrīnu	*skrīnum

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skrīn
Genitive	*skrīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skrīn	skrīnō, skrīnōs
Accusative	*skrīn	*skrīnā
Genitive	*skrīnas	*skrīnō
Dative	*skrīnē	*skrīnum
Instrumental	*skrīnu	*skrīnum

Alternative reconstructions

*skrīnī

Descendants

Old English: scrīn n
- Middle English: shryne
  - English: shrine
Old Frisian: skrīn m
Old Saxon: *skrīn
- Middle Low German: schrīn, scryn, schrien, schrēn, schrein, screyn, schreyn, schren, scren n or m
  - → Old Norse: skrín
    - Danish: skrin
    - Icelandic: skrín
    - Norwegian: skrin
    - Old Swedish: skrin
      - Swedish: skrin
Old High German: skrīn scrīn n or m
- Middle High German: schrīn
  - German: Schrein