Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrīban

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 This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, borrowed from Latin scrībō.

Verb

*skrīban[1]

  1. to write

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive *skrīban
1st sg. past *skraib
3rd pl. past *skribun
Past ptcple *skriban
Infinitive *skrīban
Genitive infin. *skrībannjas
Dative infin. *skrībannjē
Instrum. infin. *skrībannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *skrību *skraib
2nd singular *skrībiʀi *skribī
3rd singular *skrībidi *skraib
1st plural *skrībum *skribum
2nd plural *skrībid *skribud
3rd plural *skrīband *skribun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *skrībē *skribī
2nd singular *skrībēs *skribī
3rd singular *skrībē *skribī
1st plural *skrībēm *skribīm
2nd plural *skrībēþ *skribīd
3rd plural *skrībēn *skribīn
Imperative Present
Singular *skrīb
Plural *skrībid
Present Past
Participle *skrībandī *skriban

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *skrīban”
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