Where does “scrinkan” come from?

scrinkan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic skrinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sker- — to jump; to turn, to bend; to turn, bend.

Ancestry of “scrinkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskrinkwanąto shrink, pull together, shrivel
2Proto-Indo-Europeansker-to jump; to turn, to bend; to turn, bend

Words derived from “scrinkan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sker-Every word from Proto-Germanic skrinkwaną