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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrībaną

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-. Doublet of *skrībaną.

Verb

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*hrībaną[1]

  1. to scratch
  2. to snatch, to grab

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xrībanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187