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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *skrembʰ-, related to Lithuanian skrèbti and skrembù (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn around, curve”), an extension of *(s)ker- (“to turn”), related to Latin corbis (“basket”), Old Norse skreppa (“scrip”), German Scherbe (“fragment”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Verb
*skrimbaną[2]
- to contract, to shrink
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Proceedings of the twelfth annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles 2000, p. 129
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*skrimman- ~ *skrimpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2688”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2688