Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skrinkwaną

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

Tentatively from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“to wrinkle, wither”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskriŋʷ.kʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*skrinkwaną

1. to shrink, pull together, shrivel

Inflection

Conjugation of *skrinkwaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skrinkwō	*skrinkwaų	—	*skrinkwai	?
2nd singular	*skrinkwizi	*skrinkwaiz	*skrinkw	*skrinkwazai	*skrinkwaizau
3rd singular	*skrinkwidi	*skrinkwai	*skrinkwadau	*skrinkwadai	*skrinkwaidau
1st dual	*skrinkwōz	*skrinkwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*skrinkwadiz	*skrinkwaidiz	*skrinkwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*skrinkwamaz	*skrinkwaim	—	*skrinkwandai	*skrinkwaindau
2nd plural	*skrinkwid	*skrinkwaid	*skrinkwid	*skrinkwandai	*skrinkwaindau
3rd plural	*skrinkwandi	*skrinkwain	*skrinkwandau	*skrinkwandai	*skrinkwaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*skrankw	*skrunkį̄
2nd singular	*skranht	*skrunkīz
3rd singular	*skrankw	*skrunkī
1st dual	*skrunkū	*skrunkīw
2nd dual	*skrunkudiz	*skrunkīdiz
1st plural	*skrunkum	*skrunkīm
2nd plural	*skrunkud	*skrunkīd
3rd plural	*skrunkun	*skrunkīn
	present	past
participles	*skrinkwandz	*skrunkanaz

Derived terms

• *skrankijaną

Descendants

• Old English: sċrincan
  • Middle English: schrynken, schrinke, schryngke, schrynke, schrynkyn, shrincke, shrinke, shrinken; scrinkin
    • English: shrink
    • Scots: scrink
• Old Dutch: *skrinkan
  • Middle Dutch: *schrinken
    • Dutch: schrinken
• Old Norse: *skrykkva, *skrøkkva
  • Norwegian: skrøkka
  • Old Swedish: skrunkin (attested as past participle)