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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krōkaz

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

Alternative forms
  • *krukaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *greh₂ǵos (“a twist, rope, wicker, a tangle”), from *ger- (“to turn, to wind”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रन्थि (granthí, “a knot, tie”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɔː.kɑz/

Noun

*krōkaz m

  1. something bent, a hook

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *krōkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *krōkaz *krōkōz, *krōkōs
vocative *krōk *krōkōz, *krōkōs
accusative *krōką *krōkanz
genitive *krōkas, *krōkis *krōkǫ̂
dative *krōkai *krōkamaz
instrumental *krōkō *krōkamiz
  • *krakô

Descendants

References
  1. Bomhard, Allan R.; Kerns, John C. (1994) The Nostratic Macrofamily: A Study in Distant Linguistic Relationship →ISBN
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