scrump

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skrimpaną
2. Middle Low German · borrowed fromschrimpen“to shrivel up, shrink”
3. English todayscrump

From a dialectal variation of scrimp, probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, shrink”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną, *skrimbaną (“to shrink”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink, draw up, contract”). Related to dialectal English skrammed (“benumbed, paralysed”), English shrimp.

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