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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈskrim.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*skrimbaną^[2]

to contract, to shrink

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *skrimbaną (strong class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
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

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *skrimman
- Old English: sċrimman
  - Middle English: *schrymmen
    - English: shrim

References edit

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

[1] Proceedings of the twelfth annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles 2000, p. 129

[Kroonen-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skrimman- ~ *skrimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2688, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2688

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