Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kribjǭ

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

Alternative forms

*kribbijǭ

Etymology

From *krebô, from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkriβ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kribjǭ f

a wickerwork; crate; wooden trough; manger
a stall; crib

Inflection

Declension of *kribjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kribjǭ	*kribjōniz
vocative	*kribjǭ	*kribjōniz
accusative	*kribjōnų	*kribjōnunz
genitive	*kribjōniz	*kribjōnǫ̂
dative	*kribjōni	*kribjōmaz
instrumental	*kribjōnē	*kribjōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kribbjā, *krippjā
- Old English: cribb, crybb, crib, cryb
  - Middle English: cribbe, crib
    - English: crib
    - Scots: crib, cryb
- Old Frisian: kribbe
  - Saterland Frisian: Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf
  - West Frisian: krêbe
- Old Saxon: kribbia
  - Middle Low German: kribbe, krübbe
    - German Low German: Krübbe, Krübb
    - Low German: kribbe, krubbe
      - → German: Kribbe
- Old Dutch: kribba
  - Middle Dutch: cribbe
    - Dutch: kribbe, krib
      - Afrikaans: krip
- → Latin: *creppea, *creppia (via Frankish)
  - ⇒ Late Latin: cripia (see there for further descendants)
- Old High German: crippea, crippa, kribba, krippa; chripfa, krippha, kripfa, kripha
  - Middle High German: krippe; kripfe
    - Central Franconian: Krepp
      Hunsrik: Kripp
      
      Luxembourgish: Krëpp
    - German: Krippe
    - Rhine Franconian: Kripp
      Frankfurterisch: IPA [kʀip]
    - South Franconian: Kripf
Old Norse: krubba
- Danish: krybbe
- Faroese: krubba
- Icelandic: krubba
- Norwegian: krybbe
- Swedish: krubba