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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krumpōną

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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 Pre-Germanic *grm̥bʰnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *krimpaną (to shrink).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkrum.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*krumpōną

  1. to shrink, draw back from

Inflection

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The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *krump- against non-singular *krumb-.

Descendants

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  • English: crump (obsolete), cf. crumple (with frequentative suffix)
  • German: krumpfen

References

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN