Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krimpaną

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

Originally *krimbaną, with contamination of -p- from the iterative *krumpōną, from Pre-Germanic *grembʰ-, a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-. Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ (“hump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrim.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*krimpaną

1. to shrink, draw back

Inflection

Conjugation of *krimpaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*krimpō	*krimpaų	—	*krimpai	?
2nd singular	*krimpizi	*krimpaiz	*krimp	*krimpazai	*krimpaizau
3rd singular	*krimpidi	*krimpai	*krimpadau	*krimpadai	*krimpaidau
1st dual	*krimpōz	*krimpaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*krimpadiz	*krimpaidiz	*krimpadiz	—	—
1st plural	*krimpamaz	*krimpaim	—	*krimpandai	*krimpaindau
2nd plural	*krimpid	*krimpaid	*krimpid	*krimpandai	*krimpaindau
3rd plural	*krimpandi	*krimpain	*krimpandau	*krimpandai	*krimpaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kramp	*krumpį̄
2nd singular	*kramft	*krumpīz
3rd singular	*kramp	*krumpī
1st dual	*krumpū	*krumpīw
2nd dual	*krumpudiz	*krumpīdiz
1st plural	*krumpum	*krumpīm
2nd plural	*krumpud	*krumpīd
3rd plural	*krumpun	*krumpīn
	present	past
participles	*krimpandz	*krumpanaz

Derived terms

• *krampijaną
• *krumpaz/*krumbaz

Related terms

• *krumpijaną

Descendants

• Old English: *crimpan (attested in ġecrympan)
  • Middle English: crimpen, crympen
    • Scots: crimp
    • English: crimp
• Old Frisian: *krimpa
  • Saterland Frisian: krimpe
  • West Frisian: krimpe
• Old Saxon: *krimpan
  • Middle Low German: krimpen
    • German Low German: krimpen
    • → German: krimpen
• Old Dutch: *crimpan
  • Middle Dutch: crimpen
    • Dutch: krimpen
      • Afrikaans: krimp
    • Limburgish: krömpe
• Old High German: *krimpfan, *krimphan, *krimfan (attested as krimfit)
  • Middle High German: krimpfen, grimpfen
    • German: krimpfen
• Old Norse: kreppa, *krimpa (eastern); kroppinn (ppt.)
  • Icelandic: kreppa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kreppe
  • Old Swedish: krympa; krumpin
    • Swedish: krympa, dial. krimpa
  • Danish: krympe