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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kranuk

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
  • *kranik

Etymology

From *kranō or *kran (“crane”) +‎ *-uk (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

*kranuk m

  1. crane (bird)

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kranuk
Genitive *kranukas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kranuk *kranukō, *kranukōs
Accusative *kranuk *kranukā
Genitive *kranukas *kranukō
Dative *kranukē *kranukum
Instrumental *kranuku *kranukum

Descendants
  • Old English: cranoc, cornuc
  • Old Saxon: *kranuk, *kranik
    • Middle Low German: krānek, krānk
      • German Low German: Kraank
      • Plautdietsch: Kraunkje
  • Old Dutch: *cranuk
    • Middle Dutch: *cranek
      • ⇒? Middle Dutch: cranekin, cranekijn
  • Old High German: chranuh, chranih, kranuh, kranih
    • Middle High German: kranech, kranch, kranc, krenech, krenich, krench

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kranukaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 221
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