Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skreti

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This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From earlier *skrebtì, of Proto-Balto-Slavic origin. Cognate with Latvian skrabt (to scrape, to comb), Lithuanian skrebė́ti (to rasp (of noise)).

Further origin apparently from Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ-, probably related via schwebeablaut to *(s)kerbʰ- whence Proto-Slavic *ščьrbati (to chip, to splinter). Compare also Proto-Germanic *skrepaną (to scrape), *skrubbōną (to scrub).

Verb

*skretì impf[1]

  1. to scrape, to scrub

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “škrabljáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:od *skre(b)ti̋

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скребу́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “скребти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka