Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krīg

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

Possibly from *krīgan (“to strive, acquire”).

Noun

*krīg m

strife, struggle, fight

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krīg
Genitive	*krīgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krīg	krīgō, krīgōs
Accusative	*krīg	*krīgā
Genitive	*krīgas	*krīgō
Dative	*krīgē	*krīgum
Instrumental	*krīgu	*krīgum

Alternative reconstructions

*krēg (whence Old High German krieg)

Descendants

Old Frisian: *krīch; *krīga, *krīge (in derivatives)
- North Frisian: krich
- Saterland Frisian: Kriech
- West Frisian: kriich
Old Saxon: *krīg
- Middle Low German: krîch
  - German Low German: Krig, Krieg
  - → Danish: krig
  - → Swedish: krig
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: krig
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: krig
  - → Faroese: kríggj
Old Dutch: *krīg
- Middle Dutch: crijch
  - Dutch: krijg
    - Afrikaans: kryg