Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrīkijaną

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

Related to *skrīhaną (“to shout, scream”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskriː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrīkijaną

1. to cry, scream, shriek

Inflection

Conjugation of *skrīkijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skrīkijō	*skrīkijaų	—	*skrīkijai	?
2nd singular	*skrīkīsi	*skrīkijais	*skrīkī	*skrīkijasai	*skrīkijaisau
3rd singular	*skrīkīþi	*skrīkijai	*skrīkijaþau	*skrīkijaþai	*skrīkijaiþau
1st dual	*skrīkijōs	*skrīkijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skrīkijaþiz	*skrīkijaiþiz	*skrīkijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*skrīkijamaz	*skrīkijaim	—	*skrīkijanþai	*skrīkijainþau
2nd plural	*skrīkīþ	*skrīkijaiþ	*skrīkīþ	*skrīkijanþai	*skrīkijainþau
3rd plural	*skrīkijanþi	*skrīkijain	*skrīkijanþau	*skrīkijanþai	*skrīkijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skrīkidǭ	*skrīkidēdį̄
2nd singular	*skrīkidēz	*skrīkidēdīz
3rd singular	*skrīkidē	*skrīkidēdī
1st dual	*skrīkidēdū	*skrīkidēdīw
2nd dual	*skrīkidēdudiz	*skrīkidēdīdiz
1st plural	*skrīkidēdum	*skrīkidēdīm
2nd plural	*skrīkidēdud	*skrīkidēdīd
3rd plural	*skrīkidēdun	*skrīkidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*skrīkijandz	*skrīkidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skrīkijan
  • Old English: *sċrīċan
    • Middle English: schrichen
• Old Norse: skríkja
  • Icelandic: skríkja
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: skrike

    Nynorsk: skrika, skrike

  • Swedish: skrika
  • Danish: skrige
  • → Middle English: skriken (perhaps from skrækja instead)
    • English: shriek, screech