Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrimpaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *wer- (“to turn, twist”). Compare Ancient Greek ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “I turn in circles”). Possibly a Blend of *wringaną (“to squeeze, to twist”) + *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle, to shrink”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*wrimpaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *wrimpaną (strong class 3)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *wrimpan
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wrempanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 472