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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *krikô, related to Proto-Germanic *krikaz.
Noun
*krikō m
- cove, inlet, creek
- stream
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*krikō
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| Genitive
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*krikini, *krikan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*krikō
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*krikan
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| Accusative
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*krikan
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*krikan
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| Genitive
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*krikini, *krikan
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*krikanō
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| Dative
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*krikini, *krikan
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*krikum
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| Instrumental
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*krikini, *krikan
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*krikum
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Descendants
- Old English: *creca
- Middle English: creke, creake
- English: creek
- Scots: creik, creick
- → Medieval Latin: creca (Anglo-Latin)
- ⇒ Old English: crecca
- → Medieval Latin: crecca (Anglo-Latin)
- Old Frisian: *kreka m, *kreke f
- West Frisian: kreek, kriek, krieke, kryk m or f, kriik m or f or n
- Old Dutch: *criko m, crika, creka f