schrimpen.
to shrivel, to shrink and wrinkle
Meaning & usage
to shrivel, to shrink and wrinkle
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schrimpen, from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan, from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Cognate to English scrimp (Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”)). Related to Dutch schrompelen and schrinken.
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