Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krēǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to scream, cry, creak”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛː.ɔ̃ː/

Noun

*krēǭ f

crow

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *krēǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*krēǭ	*krēōniz
vocative	*krēǭ	*krēōniz
accusative	*krēōnų	*krēōnunz
genitive	*krēōniz	*krēōnǫ̂
dative	*krēōni	*krēōmaz
instrumental	*krēōnē	*krēōmiz

Related terms

*krēaną

Descendants

Old English: crāwe
- Middle English: crawe, crowe
  - English: crow
  - Scots: craw
  - Yola: croowe
Old Frisian: *krā, *krē
- West Frisian: krie
Old Saxon: krāia, krāa
- Middle Low German: krâ, kreie
  - Plautdietsch: Krauj
Old Dutch: *krāia (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: crâye
  - Dutch: kraai
Old High German: krāwa, kraja, krāha
- Middle High German: krā, krāe, krāwe
  - German: Krähe
  - Luxembourgish: Kréi
  - Vilamovian: kröw
  - Yiddish: קראָ‎ (kro)

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