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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to shrink, wither, dry out, crinkle, wrimple”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*skrattuz m
- forest monster; goblin; troll
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *skrattuz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*skrattuz
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*skrattiwiz
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vocative
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*skrattu
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*skrattiwiz
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accusative
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*skrattų
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*skrattunz
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genitive
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*skrattauz
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*skrattiwǫ̂
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dative
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*skrattiwi
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*skrattumaz
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instrumental
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*skrattū
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*skrattumiz
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Descendants
The original paradigm of *skrad-, *skratt- allowed for different leveling among the daughter languages.