Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrappōną

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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

An iterative formed from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-b- (to scratch, to engrave). and influenced by *skrepaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskrɑp.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrappōną[1]

  1. to scrape, scratch

Inflection

The original paradigm likely consisted of two stem variants, *skrapp- in the singular and *skrab- in the non-singular.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skrapp/bōn- - *skarbōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447