Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrimpaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
*skrimpaną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *skrimpaną (strong class 3)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *skrimpan
- Old Dutch: *scrimpan
- Old High German: *skrimpfan
- Middle High German: schrimpfen
- German: schrimpfen, schrümpfen (obsolete), schrumpfen (alternatively a zero-grade, see *skrumpōną)
- Middle High German: schrimpfen