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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrabn

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

Alternative forms

  • *hrabō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.

Noun

*hrabn m[1]

  1. raven

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hrabn
Genitive *hrabnas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hrabn *hrabnō, *hrabnōs
Accusative *hrabn *hrabnā
Genitive *hrabnas *hrabnō
Dative *hrabnē *hrabnum
Instrumental *hrabnu *hrabnum

Descendants

Some descendants are from the an-stem form *hrabō

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330:PWGmc *hrabn
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