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

1. forest monster; goblin; troll

Inflection

u-stemDeclension 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
  • Middle English: scrat, skratt, scratte
    • English: scrat
      • ⇒ English: Old Scratch
    • Scots: scrat, skratt
• 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
  • → English: skratte