Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krabitaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Traditionally considered a relative of *krabbô (“crab”) and thus derived from Pre-Germanic *grobʰidos, from the zero-grade form of *gerbʰ- (“to carve, scratch”) + *-itaz, *-utaz (animal suffix) (compare *hurznutō (“hornet”), *herutaz (“deer”), *ganutô (“gander”)). However, Kroonen notes that, in addition to the above theory, significant influence or even outright borrowing from the same substrate continuum whence Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos, “beetle, crustacean”) and Proto-Germanic *humaraz (“lobster”) is possible.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɑ.βi.tɑz/

Noun

*krabitaz m

  1. (West Germanic) A crustacean (crab, lobster, crayfish).

Inflection

Declension of *krabitaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *krabitaz *krabitōz, *krabitōs
vocative *krabit *krabitōz, *krabitōs
accusative *krabitą *krabitanz
genitive *krabitas, *krabitis *krabitǫ̂
dative *krabitai *krabitamaz
instrumental *krabitō *krabitamiz

Derived terms

  • *krabitjō

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*krabita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
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