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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From *skrinkwaną (“to shrink”) + *-janą.[1]
Verb
*skrankijaną
- to cause to shrink or shrivel
Inflection
Descendants
Etymology 2
From *skrankaz (“barrier”) + *-janą.[1]
Verb
*skrankijaną
- to limit, restrict; to ensnare, catch someone up
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skrankwjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447