Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krimpaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editOriginally *krimbaną, with contamination of -p- from the iterative *krumpōną, from Pre-Germanic *grembʰ-, a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-. Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ (“hump”).
Pronunciation
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editInflection
editConjugation of *krimpaną (strong class 3)
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editDescendants
edit- Old English: *crimpan (attested in ġecrympan)
- Old Frisian: *krimpa
- Old Saxon: *krimpan
- Old Dutch: *crimpan
- Old High German: *krimpfan, *krimphan, *krimfan (attested as krimfit)
- Old Norse: kreppa, *krimpa (eastern); kroppinn (ppt.)