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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

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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*skrepaną[1][2]

  1. to scratch, scrape

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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