Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrepaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-b- (to scratch, to engrave). The current form with -p- was influenced by the iteratives, the presumed primary form *skrebaną (to scratch) is unattested. Related to *skerpaną and *skerbaną (to scratch).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*skrepaną[1][2]

  1. to scratch, scrape

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skerban- ~ *skerpan- ~ *skrepan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skrepanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 344