Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krumpōną

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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 Pre-Germanic *grm̥bʰnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *krimpaną (to shrink).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrum.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*krumpōną

  1. to shrink, draw back from

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *krump- against non-singular *krumb-.

Descendants

  • English: crump (obsolete), cf. crumple (with frequentative suffix)
  • German: krumpfen

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN