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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skrīnī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scrīnium (“chest, reliquary”).[1]

Noun

*skrīnī n or m

  1. shrine, reliquary
  2. chest, coffer

Inflection
Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *skrīnī
Genitive *skrīnijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *skrīnī *skrīniju
Accusative *skrīnī *skrīniju
Genitive *skrīnijas *skrīnijō
Dative *skrīnijē *skrīnijum
Instrumental *skrīniju *skrīnijum
Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *skrīnī
Genitive *skrīnijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *skrīnī *skrīnijō, *skrīnijōs
Accusative *skrīnī *skrīnijā
Genitive *skrīnijas *skrīnijō
Dative *skrīnijē *skrīnijum
Instrumental *skrīniju *skrīnijum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old Dutch: *skrīni
  • Old High German: skrīni, scrīni n or m
    • Middle High German: schrīn
      • German: Schrein
      • → Bulgarian: скрин (skrin)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *skrini (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. de Vries, Jan (1971) “schrijn”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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