Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kranō

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 *kranô.

Noun

*kranō m[1][2]

  1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *kranō
Genitive *kranini, *kranan
Singular Plural
Nominative *kranō *kranan
Accusative *kranan *kranan
Genitive *kranini, *kranan *krananō
Dative *kranini, *kranan *kranum
Instrumental *kranini, *kranan *kranum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *krana
    • Saterland Frisian: Kroane
    • West Frisian: kraan
  • Old Saxon: krano
  • Old Dutch: *crano
    • Middle Dutch: crāne, crāen
      • Dutch: kraan (see there for further descendants)
      • Limburgish: kraan
      • West Flemish: kraan
        • → Walloon: cråne
  • Old High German: krano

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*krana/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kranōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
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