Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrappijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb- (“to turn, bend, shrink, rotate, touch, attack”). Cognate with Lithuanian krapštyti (“to pick, peck, scratch, claw”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*hrappijaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *hrappijaną (weak class 1)
Alternative reconstructions
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *hrappijan, *hrappjan
- Old Norse: hreppa
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xrappjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrapa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243: “*hrapjan-”