(s)keut-, (s)keudh-

(s)keut-, (s)keudh-
    (s)keut-, (s)keudh-
    English meaning: to shrink
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “einschrumpfen”
    Note: only Gmc. and Baltic
    Material: Gmc. partly -tt-, partly -dd-: Swe. dial. hott, hodd m. ‘small, eingeschrumpfter person”, Dutch hotten “ curdle, coagulate, harden “, N.Ger. hotten “ shrivel, shrink due to excess dryness, wrinkle up “, Dutch hot, M.L.G. hotte “ coagulated milk”, Ger. dial. hutzeln, verhutzeln “ shrivel, shrink due to excess dryness, wrinkle up “, verhutzelt “verschrumpft, vertrocknet”; Lith. ap-kiaũsti “verkũmmern”; kūstù , kūdaũ , kũsti “abmagern”, sukũdęs “ wizened “.
    References: WP. II 553.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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