Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrōk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz.

Noun

*hrōk m

rook (Corvus frugilegus)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrōk
Genitive	*hrōkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrōk	hrōkō, hrōkōs
Accusative	*hrōk	*hrōkā
Genitive	*hrōkas	*hrōkō
Dative	*hrōkē	*hrōkum
Instrumental	*hrōku	*hrōkum

Descendants

Old English: hrōc
- Middle English: roc, roke, rook
  - Scots: ruke, ruik
  - English: rook
Old Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: Rouk
- West Frisian: roek
Old Saxon: hrōk
- Middle Low German: rôk, rôke
  - German Low German: Rook
  - Low German: rok
Old Dutch: *ruok
- Middle Dutch: roec
  - Dutch: roek
Old High German: hruoh, ruoh; hruoho, ruoho
- Middle High German: ruoch
  - German: Ruch
→ Vulgar Latin: *frocum (see there for further descendants)