Where does “schrinken” come from?
schrinken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch scrinkan, from Proto-Germanic skrinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sker- — to jump; to turn, to bend; to turn, bend.
Ancestry of “schrinken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | scrinkan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skrinkwaną | to shrink, pull together, shrivel |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sker- | to jump; to turn, to bend; to turn, bend |