Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrimpaną

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

A variant of *skrimbaną, the root final -p- was adopted from the iterative *skrumpōną, from Pre-Germanic *skrembʰ-, related to Lithuanian skrèbti and skrembù (“to shrink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskrim.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrimpaną

1. to contract, to shrink

Inflection

Conjugation of *skrimpaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skrimpō	*skrimpaų	—	*skrimpai	?
2nd singular	*skrimpizi	*skrimpaiz	*skrimp	*skrimpazai	*skrimpaizau
3rd singular	*skrimpidi	*skrimpai	*skrimpadau	*skrimpadai	*skrimpaidau
1st dual	*skrimpōz	*skrimpaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skrimpadiz	*skrimpaidiz	*skrimpadiz	—	—
1st plural	*skrimpamaz	*skrimpaim	—	*skrimpandai	*skrimpaindau
2nd plural	*skrimpid	*skrimpaid	*skrimpid	*skrimpandai	*skrimpaindau
3rd plural	*skrimpandi	*skrimpain	*skrimpandau	*skrimpandai	*skrimpaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skramp	*skrumpį̄
2nd singular	*skramft	*skrumpīz
3rd singular	*skramp	*skrumpī
1st dual	*skrumpū	*skrumpīw
2nd dual	*skrumpudiz	*skrumpīdiz
1st plural	*skrumpum	*skrumpīm
2nd plural	*skrumpud	*skrumpīd
3rd plural	*skrumpun	*skrumpīn
	present	past
participles	*skrimpandz	*skrumpanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skrimpan
  • Old Dutch: *scrimpan
    • Middle Dutch: schrimpen
      • Dutch: schrimpen
  • Old High German: *skrimpfan
    • Middle High German: schrimpfen
      • German: schrimpfen, schrümpfen (obsolete), schrumpfen (alternatively a zero-grade, see *skrumpōną)