Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skraudaną

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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 Proto-Indo-European *skrówdʰ-e-ti, from *skrewdʰ- (to cut, shred); cognate with Lithuanian skriaudùs (blunt, insulting; torrential; brittle).[1] The root may be an extension of a root *skrew- (to cut; cutting tool), itself an extension of *(s)ker- (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskrɑu̯.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skraudaną

  1. to cut up, to shred

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References

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