Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrepaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *skrepaną (strong class 5)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *skrepan
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skrepanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344