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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrepaną

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-b- (to scratch, to engrave). The current form with -p- was influenced by the iteratives, the presumed primary form *skrebaną (to scratch) is unattested. Related to *skerpaną and *skerbaną (to scratch).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskre.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrepaną[1][2]

  1. to scratch, scrape

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skrepan
    • Old English: sċrepan
      • Middle English: screpen, schrepen
    • Old Saxon: *skrepan
      • Middle Low German: schrēpen
    • Old Dutch: *skrepan
      • Middle Dutch: schrēpen
    • Old High German: *skrepfan, *skreffan

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skerban- ~ *skerpan- ~ *skrepan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skrepanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
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