Where does “screnken” come from?

screnken (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic skrankaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “screnken”, step by step

screnken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skrankaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskrankazbarrier; grid, barrier
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Proto-Germanic *skrankijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*skrankijanąto cause to shrink or shrivel

Words derived from “screnken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrankaz →