Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrabn

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

Alternative forms

*hrabō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.

Noun

*hrabn m^[1]

raven

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrabn
Genitive	*hrabnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrabn	hrabnō, hrabnōs
Accusative	*hrabn	*hrabnā
Genitive	*hrabnas	*hrabnō
Dative	*hrabnē	*hrabnum
Instrumental	*hrabnu	*hrabnum

Descendants

Some descendants are from the an-stem form *hrabō

Old English: hræfn, hrefn, hræmn, hrem, hremn, hræfen
- Middle English: raven, reven, revin
  - English: raven
  - Scots: ravin, revin, rawin
Old Frisian: ravan
- Saterland Frisian: Roave (possibly from Middle Low German)
- West Frisian: raven
Old Saxon: hravan, hraƀan, ravan
- Middle Low German: rāven, rāve, rāvene, rāmme
  - German Low German: Raav, Roov
    Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch: Räwe
    Lippisch: Rabe
    Westmünsterländisch: Raawe, Raabe
  - Plautdietsch: Rowen
Old Dutch: ravan
- Middle Dutch: rāven
  - Dutch: raaf
Old High German: raban, hraban, hram, ram, rabo, rappo
- Middle High German: raben, ram; rabe, rab, rappe, rapp; rauen (plural; Niederrheinisch)
  - Alemannic German: Rapp
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Raab, Raaf
    Luxembourgish: Ramm
  - German: Rabe
  - Rhine Franconian: Rab, Ramm, Rapp
    Frankfurterisch: [ʀɑːp]
  - Yiddish: ראָב (rob)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *hrabn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *hrabn”

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