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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Originally *krimbaną, with contamination of -p- from the iterative *krumpōną, from Pre-Germanic *grembʰ-, a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-. Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ (“hump”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*krimpaną[1][2]
- to shrink, draw back
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*krimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*krempanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 221