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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kreupaną

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

According to Kroonen, the derivations containing -p(p)- and -b(b)- show that the root was originally Pre-Germanic *kreupp-, from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-, rather than the traditionally given *grewb-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kreupaną[1][2]

  1. to twist, to creep

Inflection

  • *krupilaz/*kruppilaz
  • *kruppijaną
  • *kruppōną/*krubbōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kreupan
    • Old English: crēopan
    • Old Frisian: krūpa, kriāpa, kriēpa, krēpa
      • Old East Frisian: crjippa
        • Saterland Frisian: kjoope
      • West Frisian: krippe, krûpe
    • Old Saxon: kriopan
    • Old Dutch: *crūpan
    • Old High German: kriofan, *krūfan
      • Middle High German: kriefen, krūfen
        • German: kraufen, krüpfen
        • Alemannic German: chrüpfen
        • Central Franconian: kruffe
  • Old Norse: krjúpa

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kreupan- ~ *krūpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kreupanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 221
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