Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrepaną
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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 *(s)ker-b- (“to scratch, to engrave”). The current form with -p- was influenced by the iteratives, the presumed primary form *skrebaną (“to scratch”) is unattested. Related to *skerpaną and *skerbaną (“to scratch”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
Conjugation of *skrepaną (strong class 5)
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *skrepan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skerban- ~ *skerpan- ~ *skrepan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*skrepanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344