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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krēbiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possible vṛddhi gerundive of otherwise unattested *krebaną, perhaps related to *krafjaną (to demand), *kraftuz (strength, power).[1]

Adjective

*krēbiz[1]

  1. (North Germanic) strong

Inflection


Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kræfr
    • Icelandic: kræfur
    • Norwegian: kræv (dialectal)
  • ? Proto-Slavic: *krěpъ (strong)
    • Old Church Slavonic: крѣпъ (krěpŭ)
    • Czech: křepý
    • Slovene: krepý
    • Serbo-Croatian: krȉjep

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*krēbi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
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